Coaching Interview Part $1-$ Identifying the coach

Part $2-$ Permission to interview and observe

Part $3--$ Interview Questions $(10$ total$)$

Part $4-$ Observation

Part $5--$ Summary

Grammar and writing $-$

$*$USE THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED FOR THIS INTERVIEW$*$

Mandatory Interview Questions:

$$Name$,$ position, years of experience of person interviewed

$$Date$,$ time, length and location of the interview

$1.$ What is your personal coaching philosophy?

$2.$ Has your philosophy changed over the years? If so$,$ how and why?

$3.$ How do you address issues related to motivation with those with whom you work $($players$,$ coaching staff, etc.$)?$ How do you create an environment where motivation can thrive?

$4.$ What are the major psychological problems you encounter in working with your team? How do you address these issues?

$5.$ How do you use mental skills to regulate your own coaching behavior? Please explain or provide an example.

$6.$ Do you have your team focus on short and long term goals? Do you discuss these goals with them? Do you have practice goals for yourself or for the team?

$7.$ Have you ever had a player come to you because they feel burned out? If so$,$ how do you help them out of this and increase their motivation?

Include $3$ of your own questions!

Mandatory Observation questions:

$1.$ Describe the atmosphere that the coach creates in his practice session $($e$.$g$.,$ is it aversive$/$positive; do athletes work toward rewards or work to avoid punishment? What tactics does the coach use to create an atmosphere where motivation can thrive? Compared to the coach that you observed, describe what might you do similarly or differently in your own coaching practice to create the atmosphere that you desire in your practice?

$2.$ How does the coach integrate mental skills into his practices? Describe the mental skills that you observed the coach trying to integrate. What mental skills were not addressed that could have been utilized? Compared to the coach that you observed, describe what might you do similarly or differently in your own coaching practice to achieve the psychological objectives that you have as a coach?

$3.$ How does the coach use mental skills to regulate his own behavior? Compared to the coach that you observed, describe what might you do similarly or differently in your coaching practice to use mental skills to regulate your own coaching behavior?