If you’re reading this article, you’re probably wondering whether you’re a ‘coachable’ athlete yourself. In a community that understands the significance of being coached and getting trained by professionals, we’d like to stress upon the idea of being an athlete who is ‘coachable’. It reflects your attitude toward your sport, your coach, your team-mates and by extension, your opponents as well.
“My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn“.
–Michael Jordan
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE COACHABLE
Being coachable doesn’t only imply being passionate about your sport. It takes into account all of the following.
ABILITY TO ACCEPT CRITICISM
How do you approach constructive criticism? Do you accept it and channel it positively? Or do you take personal
APPETITE FOR LEARNING
In order to be a coachable athlete, you need to be a voracious learner. You need to soak in as much knowledge as you can about your sport. Your receptiveness and approach toward adapting information play a huge role.
INQUISITIVENESS
How likely are you to go beyond your pre-determined course structure and ask questions to gain a deeper understanding of the sport you’re learning? Looking for new techniques, learning by example are some of the ways you can start implementing.
BEING A TEAM PLAYER
Your cohesiveness with your team-mates and your perception toward them is what makes you a better player. Are you the kind of player who’s likely to pass the ball or simply aim toward the goal entirely neglecting your fellow team-mates?
ABILITY TO SELF REFLECT
Your individual ability to introspect and analyze your faults, accepting and working on them, is what makes you a coachable athlete.
In conclusion, being coachable results in an enhanced pace of learning as well as an invariably deeper understanding with your coach. Now that you’re aware of what makes an athlete coachable, are you one?
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