COACHING PRINCIPLES TEST 1 KEY
CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Which of the following do the most successful coaches consider
the foundation for creating a winning team culture?
Answer: Purpose and core values
◉ What is the difference between a coaching purpose and coaching
core values?
Answer: Purpose represents motives for coaching; core values are
expectations and standards.
◉ How will you know when you have found your true coaching
purpose?
Answer: When it is genuine and inseparable from who you are as a
person
◉ Together, your purpose and core values make up your enduring
character and identity as a coach, sometimes also referred to as
Answer: core ideology
◉ What does the first circle in your coaching Golden Circle
represent?
, Answer: Why you do what you do
◉ How does college soccer coach Anson Dorrance teach team core
values to his athletes?
Answer: Athletes are expected to memorize core values and core
value statements.
◉ The three core values that serve as guiding principles for the All
Blacks rugby team are
Answer: pride in winning, pride in the All Blacks legacy, and
willingness to evolve
◉ When coaches reflect on how a challenging situation is similar to,
and different from, previous situations and how the situation fits
with what they believe as a coach, they are engaged in
Answer: problem setting
◉ The skill of learning what to ignore has sometimes been referred
to as a/an ________ approach to decision-making and coaching.
Answer: triage
◉ Which of the following is not one of the four core values created
by Dr. Gilbert and his partners in a high school sport program?
Answer: Trust
CONCEPTS AND PRACTICE QUESTIONS
◉ Which of the following do the most successful coaches consider
the foundation for creating a winning team culture?
Answer: Purpose and core values
◉ What is the difference between a coaching purpose and coaching
core values?
Answer: Purpose represents motives for coaching; core values are
expectations and standards.
◉ How will you know when you have found your true coaching
purpose?
Answer: When it is genuine and inseparable from who you are as a
person
◉ Together, your purpose and core values make up your enduring
character and identity as a coach, sometimes also referred to as
Answer: core ideology
◉ What does the first circle in your coaching Golden Circle
represent?
, Answer: Why you do what you do
◉ How does college soccer coach Anson Dorrance teach team core
values to his athletes?
Answer: Athletes are expected to memorize core values and core
value statements.
◉ The three core values that serve as guiding principles for the All
Blacks rugby team are
Answer: pride in winning, pride in the All Blacks legacy, and
willingness to evolve
◉ When coaches reflect on how a challenging situation is similar to,
and different from, previous situations and how the situation fits
with what they believe as a coach, they are engaged in
Answer: problem setting
◉ The skill of learning what to ignore has sometimes been referred
to as a/an ________ approach to decision-making and coaching.
Answer: triage
◉ Which of the following is not one of the four core values created
by Dr. Gilbert and his partners in a high school sport program?
Answer: Trust
