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Becoming A Football Coach Essay

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Once I graduate Mississippi Valley State with my HPER degree I am going to pursue my dream of becoming a football coach. There is a lot of things I will have to know in order for me to become a coach. I will have to know how to deal with different conflicts that will arise and I will need to be good at planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, leading, and budgeting.
I will have to be good at planning if I become a football coach. I will have to know how to plan out each day of practice to make sure my team will be to get in the most work possible each practice. Having a game plan going into each game will also be huge on giving the team the best chance to win. If I coach college football I will even need to help plan out recruiting visits. Each and every day I will need to have a plan and if the plan doesn't go exactly like I wanted it to, I will need to be able to make adjustments and form a back up plan. To be a …show more content…

I want to have some control of the team and show them the right way to do things in football and life. To have control I will have to earn respect from my team. Control and leadership sort of go together. If you are a good leader you will have control of the situation at hand. It is important to not be to controlling and let my players learn some things on their own.
I will need to be a good leader if I want my team to be successful. Leadership is one of the most important things when it comes to football. Every great and even good football team has good leaders and it all starts from the coaches. My team will be a reflection of me and so if I am a good leader they will become better players and more importantly better people. I want to not only prepare my team for football but life as well. I will also have to help appoint leaders or captains of the team that will lead the team on and off the field. Leadership is one of the most important functions of a football

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