Coaching in a Snapshot Society: A Threat or an Opportunity?
I've been thinking about it a lot lately, "We live in a snapshot society." Every time there's a controversial coaching moment, it's blasted all over social media. "They should be fired!" "Kids today are just soft!" A Twitter bot may chime in every once in a while, reminding us to tune into live coverage of the JV water polo game (if you're a HS coach, you know what I'm talking about...). The tendency to evaluate coaches based on real-life snapshot moments has spread too. Coaches can get crushed because of a moment's lapse in judgment or loss of control. It's easy to say this isn't fair. It probably isn't. Maybe it seems like there’s a threat in every moment of coaching, but I think it's important to consider another perspective. There’s an opportunity. There is incredible power potential, opportunity, in every moment a coach has to impact those they coach, particularly young people, for the
