Takedown Report

Coaches – Set the tone and allow parental engagement to thrive!

By Gordon MacLelland, Author of Engage
We know that parents are the biggest influence on their children’s lives and character, but coaches have such a key role to play in the creation of effective sporting environments and setting the tone to allow parental engagement to flourish. What do we mean by setting the tone? Well this can range from anything as to how coaches behave at training or on match day or the dialogue and messaging that we give both our parents and our players. This needs to be consistent, with the tone preferably set by the organisation who have established and communicated clear messages around club culture.

Coaches are merely the gatekeepers of this culture, they should be able to seek support from elsewhere in the organisation where required and focus on modelling behaviours that back up the key messages. We are looking for alignment and consistency if we are expecting parental engagement to thrive between organisation, coach, parent and child. Coaches are merely the gatekeepers of the organisational culture, they should be able to seek support from elsewhere in the organisation and focus on modelling behaviours that back up the key messages. If we can establish consistency not just in messaging but also in our coach behaviour on a regular basis, we have a far greater chance of parents following suit and living that culture that has been created. Rest of the story at https://www.thepredicament.com/2019/07/coaches-set-the-tone-and-allow-parental-engagement-to-thrive/?mc_cid=449a2bee4b&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

July 25, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized