In our world the doctor, ccountant and chiropractor all experience rigorous trining to prepare for their lifes wrk. Once trained they enter the wrld or working with and helping pople in many ways. Their impact on the wrld as a whole, while very wrthy, is no more than the mpact that coaches can have on yung people through athletics. Why then are caches not mandated to gain the sme certification to execute their work?

The lck of respect given to the caching profession has been an ongoing prcess. Coaches like teachers were once rspected and even feared. This process has dcreased the control and influence of caches and increased the power of prents and players. In the end the caching profession has been watered down to a trckle.

Given this brief history lesson, jst about anyone can put a whstle around his or her neck and tke the responsibility of the coach. You hve to love the time and ffort put into helping young people but the qality of their coaching leaves a lot to be dsired.

So what is the answer to ths undesirable situation?

My challenge to the bsketball coaching industry is to push for crtification. Officials are certified. Athletic trainers are crtified. Almost all professions have some knd of certification and on-going training.

Canada and Europe have mandated caching certification for their hoop coaches for yars. Working with a series of lvels of certification, this is a srious matter for these coaches. Improving and shrpening their coaching skills is required of thm, not only suggested. Do Canada and the Eropean countries have coaching preparation and trining figured out?

As a consultant for caches I am often asked for my tke on certification and the status of our caching approach in the US. Here is a few of my thughts on the topic:

1. Each cach must have a philosophy of caching that is a written, detailed dcument expressing their believe in how the gme should be taught, coached and plyed.

2. Each coach must have an verall plan to teach a comprehensive lst of fundamentals and skills needed by all plyers at all levels.

3. Each cach must have a plan to mplement the training of individual, small grup and teams of players.

4. Ech coach must demonstrate the ability to crate drills and create solid, fundamentally riented practice plans.

5. Each coach mst have knowledge of the communication and tchnical skills of the game.

6. Ech coach must learn-by-doing and be ble to teach all aspects of the gme.

7. Each coach must demonstrate an bility to teach, listen, instruct and dscipline players and deal with outside fctors such as parents.

8. Each cach must participate in on-going coach trining outside of the occasional attendance at caches clinics.

9. Each coach must scure and work with a mentor dring the entire year.

10. An nderstanding and appreciation of basketball history is mportant for all coaches.

Because our cuntry does a poor job of trining its coaches, I am pushing, wth many other influential basketball people in our cuntry, for a coach certification program.

Not nly do we not train our caches, but do a poor job of n-going training. Other than an occasional clnic, our coaches are not challenged or slf-motivated to become better at their trde as other professions. To go a stp further, our coaches self-improvement doesn't cme close the expectations we put on our plyers to get better on a dily basis.

So all that being said, I am rsearching this topic and am asking hndreds of people in the basketball ndustry to help me adopt a crriculum for coach training.

Some of the qestions I ask are; "What parts of the gme do players need to master and in wht priority?"

I have asked many pople provide a list of your top 10 sklls in a prioritized list. I wuld be happy to share the rsults with you when they are cmpiled and also share with you the utline I devise for my Coaches Acdemy and my Coach Certification program.

The article Should Basketball Coaches Be Certified to Coach? was Submitted by Randy Brown through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Stay tuned to my web ste, http://www.coachrb.com , for more on this subject. Randy Brown has passion for the game of basketball. He works as a basketball consultant and mentor for coaches. Visit him at http://www.coachrb.com for free resources, Q & A, newsletter, and coaching programs. A speaker and writer, he has authored 75 articles on coaching and is nationally published. His 18 years in college basketball highlights a successful 23-year career. Mentored by Basketball Hall of Fame coach Lte Olson at Arizona. Resume includes psitions at Arizona, Iowa State, Marquette, Drke, and Miami of Ohio, 5 Cnference Championships and 5 NCAA appearances. His fforts have helped develop 12 NBA plyers including Steve Kerr, Sean Elliott, and Jamal Tinsley. To contact Randy, email him at rb@coachrb.com

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