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It doesn’t matter if you coach little league or are a coach for a major league baseball team; you have to have the right attitude and know how to work with others to build a better team. While you may have experience in team building and relationships classes if you are a coach of a professional team, all of that can be put to use on any type of sports team no matter how small or what type it is.
For a team to function as a cohesive group, there has to be a sense of conraderie and personal relationship status. A team cannot support each other if they feel as if they are not part of the whole picture. It is important to build a spirit of comraderie and the team has to feel that each individual is as important as the other. While your sports team may have a star player, if the others do not feel as important or inferior, they won’t work as well and the entire team will suffer.
While it is basic knowledge that most everyone wants praise for their work, it is important to keep that in mind when working with children. As a coach for a professional team you may want to use praise when it is called for but with children it may be necessary to use it more often because these children are developing skills that will last a lifetime. This doesn’t mean you should coddle your team but it does mean that you need to give credit when credit is due.









