Strive to coach to achieve all three objectives while

[STRIVE]
to coach to achieve all
[THREE]
objectives, while keeping in mind that the
[ DEVELOPMENT]
of your athletes is your foremost priority. As you coach for
development, you will likely find that
[WINNING]
falls into place.
Recreational Versus Competitive Sport Programs
The sport programs our society offers vary widely in the emphasis placed on winning.
Recreational Sport Emphasis on . . . Competitive Sport
[ FUN ] [WINNING]
[LEARNING ] [PERFORMANCE ]
[ PARTICIPATION ] [PARTICIPATION BY
THE BEST ]
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Both
[RECREATIONAL]
and
[COMPETITIVE]
sport programs are valuable as long as
the long-term goal of helping
[ATHLETES]
develop remains the
[FIRST]
priority. But
herein is one of our society’s
[SIGNIFICANT]
sport problems; many coaches,
administrators, parents, and team supporters place
[ GREATER]
emphasis on the
[IMMEDIATE]
short-term objective of winning than on the less
[ OBSERVABLE]
long-
term objective of development. A second significant problem is the
[DISCREPANCY]
that
sometimes exists between the short-term objectives of
[RECREACTIONAL]
and
competitive sports programs and the short-term
[OBJECTIVES]
of coaches.
A Winning Philosophy
Athletes
[FIRST]
,
Winning
[SECOND]
What these four
[WORDS]
mean is this: Every
[DECISION]
you make and every
[ BEHAVIOUR]
you display should be based first on what you
[JUDGE]
is best for your
athletes, and second on what may
[IMPROVE]
the athlete’s or team’s
[CHANCES]
of
winning.
Athletes First,
[WINNING]
Second is the philosophical foundation for the
[BILL OF
RIGHTS FOR YOUNG ATHLETES] .
Athletes First, Winning Second is
[ SIMPLE]
to
state, but not
[SIMPLE]
to implement. Today some sport organizations are led by
[ADMINISTRATION]
who demand that coaches
[REVERSE]
this objective – Winning
First, Athletes Second – either because
[WINNING]
is their personal objective or because they
are
[PRESSURED]
by others. Coaches who
[SKILLFULLY]
help young people become
better human
[BEINGS]
but fail to win are considered losers, and all too often are fired. This is
the regrettable reality in sport today, but through sport
[EDUCATION]
programs, more
enlightened sport administrators, and coaches with an
[ATHLETES FIRST]
philosophy, this
will change. In the final analysis, what’s important is not how many [
GAMES]
you win, but
how many young people you help to become
[WINNERS]
in life.
Striving to Win
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Having Athletes First, Winning Second does not mean that
[WINNING]
is unimportant. The
immediate short-term
[OBJECTIVE]
of any contest is to win. Striving to
[WIN]
within the
rules of the game should be the
[ OBJECTIVE]
of every athlete and coach. To play
[SPORTS]
without striving to
[WIN]
would be