Bill Walsh's Perspectives On Coaching Values And Responsibilities

Bill Walsh’s Perspectives on Coaching Values and Responsibilities
From Coach Walsh:

“To ultimately become the best in your field you need time and experience to gain wisdom. And being inquisitive, having an ongoing interest in your own growth, and being able to communicate well. That’s vital.

I think the key to gaining respect as a coach is to be extremely competent yourself. Really, the true measure of your competence as a coach is in your technical knowledge and your ability to verbally exchange that with people.

In coaching, learning, speaking and writing proper English and being able to express yourself publicly are all extremely important. You should be able to openly engage in an exchange with anyone and everyone associated with your sport. The ability to communicate is really critical and without it you’re either not going to be a teach or you’re not going to be able to gather others around to support the program. "