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Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
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Coach John Wooden defined success as "peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." He elaborated on this definition by creating the Pyramid of Success, a diagram of 15 attitudes and values demonstrating how an athlete can achieve success....
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... by his former players and fans, Coach Wooden successfully published nine books, including his classic autobiography They Call Me Coach [1]. Coach Wooden's teaching style, philosophy, and Pyramid of Success (see Figure 1) have also been previously written about by researchers and former players. Originally, psychologists Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore studied Wooden's distinct teaching practices during his final season as a UCLA coach [2]. ...
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... Whether striving to be a leader in medicine or business, humility appears to be a desirable quality (Owens & Hekman, 2016;Ruberton et al., 2016). In sports, humility is a celebrated characteristic among successful coaches, such as the legendary basketball coach John Wooden (Perez, Van Horn, & Otten, 2014). However, only anecdotal evidence exists to support the effectiveness of humble coaches. ...
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... Se seleccionaron para el estudio dos entrenadores, de manera intencionada: por un lado John Wooden, ex-entrenador de la UCLA (University of California, Los Ángeles), considerado el mejor entrenador de todos los tiempos por sus 10 logros de la National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) a lo largo del siglo pasado y por sus contribuciones como entrenador (pirámide del éxito) que en la actualidad son referentes en el campo científico del área de desarrollo de los entrenadores (Gilbert, Nater, Siwik y Gallimore, 2010;Pérez, Horn y Otten, 2014). ...
Resumen El baloncesto está siendo objeto de numerosos estudios en la actualidad y junto a él, las investigaciones sobre entrenadores y coaching son cada vez más frecuentes. En el baloncesto universitario de la National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), John Wooden, ex-entrenador de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles (UCLA), fue considerado el mejor entrenador de todos los tiempos tras haber conseguido innumerables récords, así como diez campeonatos de liga, siete de ellos consecutivos, terminando invicto en cuatro de ellos. En la actualidad, John Calipari, entrenador de la Universidad de Kentucky, está destacando como uno de los mejores entrenadores de la NCAA, conquistando el campeonato en 2012 y consiguiendo el mejor inicio de temporada de la historia en la NCAA en la temporada 2014/2015; además de haber conseguido un récord de 38 victorias y una derrota. Mediante el análisis de documentos sobre los entrenadores citados, las investigaciones científicas que engloban el concepto de entrenador servirán de base para relacionar la literatura con los entrenadores mencionados. El objetivo del presente estudio es reconocer y clasificar los conocimientos de los entrenadores basándose en la propuesta de Côté y Gilbert (2009). Palabras clave: pedagogía del deporte; entrenador; baloncesto; competencia profesional; análisis temático. Abstract Basketball has been studied a lot over the years and researches about coaches and coaching are also more frequently now. In National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball, John Wooden, former head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is considered the greatest coach of all time after countless achievements and ten NCAA titles, being seven in a row and four undefeated. Nowadays, John Calipari, head coach of the University of Kentucky, is in the spotlight as one of the best coaches in the league, winning the National Championship in 2012 and achieving the best start of the season in Division I history during season 2014-2015 with 38 consecutive wins. Through documental analysis about the above mentioned coaches, scientific researches of coach and coaching concepts will be the basis to relate Wooden and Calipari to literature. The objective of the study is to recognize and classify the coaches knowledges following Côté and Gilbert (2009) proposal, in professional knowledge, interpersonal knowledge and intrapersonal knowledge. Resumo O basquetebol está sendo muito estudado ultimamente e junto dele os estudos sobre treinador e coaching estão cada vez mais frequentes. No basquetebol universitário da National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), John Wooden, ex-treinador da University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), foi considerado o maior treinador de todos os tempos após inúmeros recordes e dez títulos da liga, sendo sete consecutivos e quatro invictos. Nos dias de hoje, John Calipari, treinador da University of Kentucky, está se destacando como um dos melhores treinadores da NCAA, conquistando o campeonato em 2012 e o melhor início de temporada da história da NCAA na temporada 2014-2015, com o recorde de 38 vitórias e uma derrota. Através de análises documentais sobre os treinadores supracitados, as pesquisas científicas que envolvem o conceito de treinador servirão de base para as relacionar os treinadores estudados e a literatura. O objetivo do estudo é reconhecer e classificar os conhecimentos dos treinadores seguindo a proposta de Côté e Gilbert (2009), em conhecimento profissional, conhecimento interpessoal e conhecimento intrapessoal. Palavras-chave: Pedagogia do esporte; treinador esportivo, basquetebol, competência profissional
... Moreover, the words of C1, C4 and C8 corroborate the pillars of success defined by John Wooden, who considers "self-control" as an important block of his successful pyramid in sports coaching. 39 "We went to compete in the international championship. When we went to play with ten thousand people in the stadium I confess that it hit me different the competition knows a very cool emotion. ...
AIM
The aim of the study was to analyze the lifelong content of learning of coaches.
METHODS
Eight coaches inserted in an Elite Football Club participated. Rappaport Time Line and semi-structured interviews were used to obtain the data. The coaches’ learning was organized according to the theory of Lifelong Learning.¹-⁴
RESULTS
The coaches presented in their personal experiences, with their families and as athletes, content of learning such as “leadership development” and “formation of values”. In professional experiences, such as in academic training, coach assistants and even coaching, they are also reported as essential in obtaining content of learning (general and specific knowledge, training methods, leadership development, self-control). Finally, the reflexive process is considered by most coaches as a potentiator of learning, with interference on the “coach-athlete relationship”, “activity adjustment,” among other content of learning.
CONCLUSION
The content learned throughout the life were defined in certain episodes for presenting different meanings in the life of the coaches, in which they related to a new experience according to their biographies. Therefore, the various episodes offer coaches new experiences, in which they can incorporate, reinforce or renew the content about the coaching process and are responsible for the development of the coach.
The purpose of the study was to engage expert coaches in a reflective process exploring their perceptions of distinguishing features of athletes they consider optimal performers. Fifteen national and/or Olympic level coaches were interviewed. Developed through a content analysis of the data, elite coach descriptions provided a preliminary profile of elite athlete performance optimization centred on five main themes: a rational approach to training and performance; exhibiting sustained passion and commitment to details; ownership of the elite athletic experience; embracing challenge and complexity of elite athletic contexts; and employing a big (moral) picture view of sport and life. Discussion focuses on highlighting the features of performance optimizing athletes using the proposed concept of 'mature competitiveness'.
