COACHING PRINCIPLES TEST 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are 6 things that you as a coach should know about
yourself?
Answer: Strengths
Areas of improvement
Personality
Morals / Ethical Mindset
Beliefs & Mindset
Values
◉ What are values?
Answer: The lenses through which you view yourself and the world
The basis of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
The grounds for your self-evaluation and your evaluations of others
◉ What are 3 ways a coach can define their objectives?
Answer: Optimal development
,Optimal experience
Optimal performance
◉ What are a variety of objectives to consider?
Answer: Physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual
In sport & life
◉ How should objectives be prioritized?
Answer: Prioritize objectives based on your core values / philosophy
and contextual factors
◉ What are the 4 basic elements of effective coaching?
Answer: Professional knowledge
Interpersonal Knowledge
Intrapersonal Knowledge
Ethical Knowledge (?)
◉ What is professional knowlege?
,Answer: Knowing your sport
◉ What is interpersonal knowledge?
Answer: Knowing your athletes
◉ What is intrapersonal knowledge?
Answer: Self-awareness
◉ What is ethical knowledge (?) ?
Answer: Proactive measures of ethical behavior
◉ How can you safeguard yourself from falling prey to pressures and
temptations?
Answer: Lean on coaching staff
◉ What is coaching ethics?
Answer: Daily decisions and actions related to competitive fairness,
personal morals, and athlete's well-being
◉ What are ethical behaviors?
Answer: Observable actions that fall within the bound of a code of
conduct
, ◉ What is the code of conduct?
Answer: Agreed upon ethical behaviors that constrain or direct
behavior
◉ What is an ethical mindset?
Answer: Persistent or habitual way of thinking that creates
behavioral intentions (plans) and, to a lesser degree, drives actual
behaviors
◉ What four things influence a coach's mindset?
Answer: Past experiences
Goals
Situations/Context
Attitudes/Personality Traits
◉ Why is ethics a complex interaction for coaches?
Answer: Coaches are influenced not only by their expertise and
competence but also by their coaching domain (participation or
performance), status (terms of employment), and specific role (level
of responsibility)
◉ What is an ethical climate?
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ What are 6 things that you as a coach should know about
yourself?
Answer: Strengths
Areas of improvement
Personality
Morals / Ethical Mindset
Beliefs & Mindset
Values
◉ What are values?
Answer: The lenses through which you view yourself and the world
The basis of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
The grounds for your self-evaluation and your evaluations of others
◉ What are 3 ways a coach can define their objectives?
Answer: Optimal development
,Optimal experience
Optimal performance
◉ What are a variety of objectives to consider?
Answer: Physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual
In sport & life
◉ How should objectives be prioritized?
Answer: Prioritize objectives based on your core values / philosophy
and contextual factors
◉ What are the 4 basic elements of effective coaching?
Answer: Professional knowledge
Interpersonal Knowledge
Intrapersonal Knowledge
Ethical Knowledge (?)
◉ What is professional knowlege?
,Answer: Knowing your sport
◉ What is interpersonal knowledge?
Answer: Knowing your athletes
◉ What is intrapersonal knowledge?
Answer: Self-awareness
◉ What is ethical knowledge (?) ?
Answer: Proactive measures of ethical behavior
◉ How can you safeguard yourself from falling prey to pressures and
temptations?
Answer: Lean on coaching staff
◉ What is coaching ethics?
Answer: Daily decisions and actions related to competitive fairness,
personal morals, and athlete's well-being
◉ What are ethical behaviors?
Answer: Observable actions that fall within the bound of a code of
conduct
, ◉ What is the code of conduct?
Answer: Agreed upon ethical behaviors that constrain or direct
behavior
◉ What is an ethical mindset?
Answer: Persistent or habitual way of thinking that creates
behavioral intentions (plans) and, to a lesser degree, drives actual
behaviors
◉ What four things influence a coach's mindset?
Answer: Past experiences
Goals
Situations/Context
Attitudes/Personality Traits
◉ Why is ethics a complex interaction for coaches?
Answer: Coaches are influenced not only by their expertise and
competence but also by their coaching domain (participation or
performance), status (terms of employment), and specific role (level
of responsibility)
◉ What is an ethical climate?
