PRINCIPLES OF COACHING TEST 1
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the key to developing a philosophy of coaching? - ANS getting to know yourself
What does a coaching philosophy consist of? - ANS major objectives and your beliefs or
principles that help you achieve your objectives
why evaluate decisions about your principles? - ANS favorable evaluations strengthen
principles, while unfavorable evaluations indicate that you need to search for different
principles
what does philosophy mean? - ANS the means to the pursuit of wisdom
What are the two main taks to develop a useful coaching philosophy? - ANS 1 - develop
greater self-awareness, and to decide what your objectives are in coaching
what is your ideal self? - ANS the person you would like to be - it represents your values,
your sense of right and wrong
what is your public self? - ANS the image you believe others have of you. yo want others to
believe certain things about you so they love and respect you
what is your real self? - ANS the sum of the subjective thoughts, feelings, and needs that you
see as being the authentic you. it is constantly changing.
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, what is important about self disclosure with coaching? - ANS deciding how much of yourself
you will share with your athletes. Some coaches want to remain etched to be good taskmasters,
others disagree and think this detachment hurts the team.
What is societies main objectives in sports? - ANS primarily to help young people develop
physically, psychologically, and socially. society expects the coach to accept development as the
number one objective. but evidence supports that society really values winning the most.
Coaches main objectives in sports? - ANS to win, to help the young have fun, to help them
develop physically, psychologically, and socially
whats different about societies objectives and coaches objectives in sports? - ANS one may
place a more important value on winning, or development of character may be more important
to the coach. its important for the program and coach to have the same objectives
Whats the difference between recreational and competitive sports? - ANS recreational
sports have the short term objectives of having fun and learning the game, with winning being a
secondary objective. competitive sports have short term objectives of wining and performing
well, with fun as a secondary objective
whats the motto that this book supports about winning? - ANS athletes first, winning second
what is the appropriate perspective to winning, according to this book? - ANS the emphasis
of a coach should not be on the winning itself but on striving to win
what does making an ethical decision help an individual develop? - ANS it helps they develop
their character
What are the three coaching styles? - ANS command, submissive, cooperative
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the key to developing a philosophy of coaching? - ANS getting to know yourself
What does a coaching philosophy consist of? - ANS major objectives and your beliefs or
principles that help you achieve your objectives
why evaluate decisions about your principles? - ANS favorable evaluations strengthen
principles, while unfavorable evaluations indicate that you need to search for different
principles
what does philosophy mean? - ANS the means to the pursuit of wisdom
What are the two main taks to develop a useful coaching philosophy? - ANS 1 - develop
greater self-awareness, and to decide what your objectives are in coaching
what is your ideal self? - ANS the person you would like to be - it represents your values,
your sense of right and wrong
what is your public self? - ANS the image you believe others have of you. yo want others to
believe certain things about you so they love and respect you
what is your real self? - ANS the sum of the subjective thoughts, feelings, and needs that you
see as being the authentic you. it is constantly changing.
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, what is important about self disclosure with coaching? - ANS deciding how much of yourself
you will share with your athletes. Some coaches want to remain etched to be good taskmasters,
others disagree and think this detachment hurts the team.
What is societies main objectives in sports? - ANS primarily to help young people develop
physically, psychologically, and socially. society expects the coach to accept development as the
number one objective. but evidence supports that society really values winning the most.
Coaches main objectives in sports? - ANS to win, to help the young have fun, to help them
develop physically, psychologically, and socially
whats different about societies objectives and coaches objectives in sports? - ANS one may
place a more important value on winning, or development of character may be more important
to the coach. its important for the program and coach to have the same objectives
Whats the difference between recreational and competitive sports? - ANS recreational
sports have the short term objectives of having fun and learning the game, with winning being a
secondary objective. competitive sports have short term objectives of wining and performing
well, with fun as a secondary objective
whats the motto that this book supports about winning? - ANS athletes first, winning second
what is the appropriate perspective to winning, according to this book? - ANS the emphasis
of a coach should not be on the winning itself but on striving to win
what does making an ethical decision help an individual develop? - ANS it helps they develop
their character
What are the three coaching styles? - ANS command, submissive, cooperative
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