Personality Assessment The results of my personality assessment was the defender personality. The defender personality is described as a personality that has excellent analytical abilities, good people skills, good social relationships, generally a conservative type of person, and respective to change and ideas. The defender personality is also described as a perfectionist and can be relied on to get the job done on time. Defender personalities also go above and beyond to exceed expectations at work and also at home. Another component of the defender personality is that they often underplay their accomplishments and they must make sure that they are not being taking advantage of and make sure they know how to say no. Defenders also have a …show more content…
This trait is import while coaching because if you want things to be done the right way you must be patient and you must be reliable for the other coaches and players that you are working with. Being reliable and patient allows you to make sure things are done to the highest of standards and in coaching that is very important. For coaches that are perfectionist like myself this is a very important because to get things perfect you must be patient with players and coaches. This personality trait is one of my better attributes as a coach because I am very patient with the players I coach because if you want a response from your player you must show them that you are willing to spend the time with them to make them better. Along with that, reliability is another one of my better qualities as a coach because it is important in coaching that you have the trust of your assistants and your players. Coaches also have to understand the differences between their players because some players will learn much faster than other and you have to find a way to balance between coaching the fast learners and the ones that do not learn as …show more content…
The qualities presented in the results are all very good and all have one thing or another that translate to being a good football coach. It takes many great qualities to become a great football coach and this personality type hold a lot of those qualities. The most important trait that a football coach can hold is knowing how to make connections with their players and know how to coach the heart of the player (Fore). The connections a coach make will always be the most important thing at the end of the day, if a coach can connect with his players the success can be endless. These players must buy into a program in order to be successful and if we as coaches let them know we value them they will buy in. Defenders are also hard workers, which is a very important quality to me. This past year coaching football at Oak Hill High School has taught me that if a team and a staff work hard together something very special can happen in a short amount of time. Both the players and the staff worked diligently to have success on and off the field. When the season concluded we had won a conference championship and appeared in the Ohio High School playoffs. At the end of the season the head coach talked about how both the players and staff worked very hard to make this happen. Defenders also often go above and beyond when given a task and this is also a very important quality for me as a coach because football is a game of