Coach, what type of coaching style you will adopt?

This question asked by one my colleagues, I thought for a moment and respond in a very generic story type answer.

Later he explained about these detailed style what he is using. Many things to learn!

“Coaching is people management – getting people to do what you want them to do and like doing it.”

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The three styles of coaching are based on leadership studies conducted in the 1930s by Kurt Lewin, a German-American social psychologist, and pioneer in the psychological study of group dynamics.

Autocratic Coaching:

Autocratic coaching is the dictatorship of coaching styles. The coach is typically the only one who has input and makes decisions autonomously when dealing with the direction of their team. With autocratic coaching, coaches might explain the objectives and goals to their players , but the coach has an absolute say in regard to how the team acts and plays.

Democratic Coaching:

This coaching style prefers active communication and team involvement. Coaches who adopt the democratic style encourage participants to articulate their opinions and thoughts in order to establish the best decisions. This engagement usually results in a deeper relationship with the team as well as a closer inter-team bond.

Democratic coaching provides a broader array of ideas for the coach to choose from thanks to the team’s input.

Holistic Coaching:

This style involves more than just sport-related interactions: Holistic coaching adds aspects of life coaching to the responsibilities of a sports coach. It is a style that considers aspects beyond the athlete’s physical and mental states such as their emotional and spiritual states.

In the holistic style, the coach creates a relationship with every individual athlete based on interpersonal communication and genuine care.

All three styles have advantages and disadvantages.

Coaches should be ready to alter styles and realize they are working out so for a specific reason.

For example - when there is a safety issue, the style must be ‘autocratic’, there is no time for negotiation!

When starting a set play, such as a penalty corner, try the ‘democratic’ style, supporting the players’ considerable input and ideas, rather than dictating which techniques to pursue.

With a set unit of performance, apply the ‘Holistic’ style, providing players to carry out a pattern and to try this without intervention or judgment by the coach.

A holistic coach works with individuals who want to obtain higher flow and balance in their life.

“You don’t demand respect, you earn it.” - Steve Seidler

By examining, and accepting, each individual’s special attributes, experiences, creative thinking and personal requirements a holistic coach is competent to guide, motivate and inspire positive life changes.

After I have listened about all these talk, unknowingly, sometime we apply any of these while coaching the team members. Coaches rarely choose one style and stick to its guidelines.