COACHING PRINCIPLES ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWER
GUIDE
●● three absolutes
Answer: rely upon your own ability; complete faith in players, team and
coaching staff; importance of cooperation with administration
●● reasons to choose coaching
Answer: like sports, enjoy playing the game, liked your own coach, want
to be a college coach someday, needed to declare a major, prestige,
excitement and glamour associated with coaching, extra money, like
working with young people, want to teach young people to enjoy the
game.
●● vocation v. job security
Answer: the odds against getting fired
●● life of a high school coach
Answer: anything but dull, every day brings new challenges
●● steps in applying for a position
Answer: find out about the position, call first, paperwork, interview
, ●● points of decision
Answer: BA/BS --> High School -->College
BA/BS --> grad asst. -->MA/MS -->college/HS
Related field(club, training fac, privates)
Non-related fields(little league, church league)
●● types of coaches
Answer: idealist, rolling stone, climber, ambitious, hanger-on
●● special relationships a coach should have
Answer: admin, faculty, other coaches, press, athletics, parents, asst
coaches, band director, guidance office, grounds crew, community,
equipment salesman, cheerleaders, secretaries, student body
●● roles of a head coach
Answer: teacher, disciplinarian, salesperson, public relations, guidance
counselor, diplomat, organizer, example, detective, psychologist, judge
and jury, leader, mother/father figure, dictator, politician, actor,
fundraiser, field general, equipment manager, trainer, citizen of the
school and community
●● three general ways a teacher will affect a student's learning
Answer: image, verbal communication, non-verbal communication
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWER
GUIDE
●● three absolutes
Answer: rely upon your own ability; complete faith in players, team and
coaching staff; importance of cooperation with administration
●● reasons to choose coaching
Answer: like sports, enjoy playing the game, liked your own coach, want
to be a college coach someday, needed to declare a major, prestige,
excitement and glamour associated with coaching, extra money, like
working with young people, want to teach young people to enjoy the
game.
●● vocation v. job security
Answer: the odds against getting fired
●● life of a high school coach
Answer: anything but dull, every day brings new challenges
●● steps in applying for a position
Answer: find out about the position, call first, paperwork, interview
, ●● points of decision
Answer: BA/BS --> High School -->College
BA/BS --> grad asst. -->MA/MS -->college/HS
Related field(club, training fac, privates)
Non-related fields(little league, church league)
●● types of coaches
Answer: idealist, rolling stone, climber, ambitious, hanger-on
●● special relationships a coach should have
Answer: admin, faculty, other coaches, press, athletics, parents, asst
coaches, band director, guidance office, grounds crew, community,
equipment salesman, cheerleaders, secretaries, student body
●● roles of a head coach
Answer: teacher, disciplinarian, salesperson, public relations, guidance
counselor, diplomat, organizer, example, detective, psychologist, judge
and jury, leader, mother/father figure, dictator, politician, actor,
fundraiser, field general, equipment manager, trainer, citizen of the
school and community
●● three general ways a teacher will affect a student's learning
Answer: image, verbal communication, non-verbal communication
