You are sitting in Calculus while the teacher explains how to solve integrals. As your eyes slowly shut, you know that you should be paying attention because you're going to have to apply the integral method to the test on Friday. Math is one of those subjects where you learn the material by working out the problems yourself, which is why math homework involves practicing what you learned in class. Your math teacher will be there for tutoring to help you with problems you didn't understand, and he or she will be there to teach you a new lesson the next day. However, on the test (in most cases), the teacher's aid will not be offered. It is solely up to the student to perform well. If the teacher helped the students with the exam, the students will most likely do very well, but the teacher wouldn't be able to tell if they learned anything.
Relating this to sports, specifically soccer, the coach is like the teacher. In practice, like in class, the coach is supposed to teach lessons to the players. Different coaches run practices in various ways. Some like to play practice games, others do drills for technique, others do fitness activites. The coach corrects what the players do wrong. He or she can go through different scenarios and suggest to the players what to do in those situations. Players can stay after practice for additional help if needed. On game day, the coach's role changes, like the teacher's role. It is now time for the coach to witness what his players have learned. The coach will not truly know their growth and development if he or she, dare I say, "cheats" and tells them what to do during a game. The coach should sit back while the players take their test.
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I agree with your theory of a coach being like a teacher, but I disagree with your second to last sentence about the coach “cheating.” The coach does cheat. He/She tells the players which plays to run in which situation; the decision is usually not left up to the players, or at least from my experience with past coaches. A coach gives his/her players the opportunity to learn, grow and develop. But if their players use the wrong strategy, unlike a student taking a test, then the coach is there to correct it during the event. The teacher does not look over the student while they are completing their test to see if their on the right track or whatever.
i think that the roles of a coach and a teacher are theoretically the same as you are arguing, but i also feel that in th same way society's views have changed the role of coach and teacher. but i do agree that athletes cannot be pushed, they have to make their own decisions to excel just like students in the classroom
I agree with some of the points that you make. A teacher and a coach often function in the same way. They both “teach” lessons and different skills needed for the activity that the “player” will be doing. I think the differences lie when it is actually game day. A teacher provides a test to determine if a student has learned the required material. If the student does well, according to the teachers standards, then they have “learned” what they are suppose to know. Of course, a teacher could not help the student during the test because then the results would show the teachers skills instead of the student. A test only measures the capability for a student to memorize material that the teacher indicates as important. Within the realm of athletics, the roles of “teacher” and “student” change. The coach teaches the athletes how to play the game and prepares players for competition. When game day roles around, a coach is right there beside the athletes involved in the game just as they are. Your theory suggests that a coach should just watch the “players” take the test. If so, then what is the point of the coach even being there? I think the coach plays a bigger role than just a spectator. They are there to encourage and lead the athletes throughout the game. Although you can relate test day to game day, I believe there are several important differences between the two.
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