Coaching people to live richer, fuller, more enjoyable lives is the same process as coaching sports men and women to fulfill their potential as performers.
A Sports Coach needs to provide a number of key skills including:
o Technical knowledge
o Expertise in tailoring technique to the individual so that the performer fully capitalises on their natural strengths
o Increasing fitness and wellbeing
o Developing mental skills
o Raising awareness and understanding
o Effective goal setting
o Aligning activities to goals
o Sensitivity and understanding
o Support, especially when the going gets tough
o A source of referral to experts in allied fields
A professional Life Coach will use the same skill set to increase achievement and enjoyment in Life.
Technical Knowledge
Here are some of the technicalities of life which a Life Coach can help you understand and capitalise on -
o How can we identify our true self?
o How can we align our life with our true self?
o What areas of our lives do we need to invest in?
o How can we balance our lives?
o What drains our energy?
o How important is our environment, and why?
o How important is it for us to resolve past issues?
o When and how should we say “No”?
o How can we improve our relationships?
o What are the Universal Laws?
o How can we gain true peace of mind?
Tailoring Techniques to the Individual
We are all different. A Life Coach will help you clearly identify who you really are and where your strengths and weaknesses lie. S/he will then help you master the techniques of life in the most powerful way for you.
Increasing Fitness and Wellbeing
To achieve more in life and really enjoy the benefits requires energy. It is therefore crucial that you take extremely good care of yourself. Your Life Coach will show you how.
Developing Mental Skills
Your mind is key. How you think dictates how you behave and perform. Life Coaching will help you develop your mental skills.
Raising Awareness and Understanding
Knowledge is power. Knowledge dispels fear. The greater our awareness and understanding, the more choices we have and the more we can trust our judgment. Raising awareness and understanding is a continuous strand of the Life Coaching process.
Effective Goal Setting
Your Life Coach will work with you to set effective goals and will then support you as you move towards them.
Aligning Activities to Goals
When you know where you’re going and you have a plan to get there, it’s important to align all your activities in the same direction. Life Coaching will show you how.
Sensitivity and Understanding
Life Coaches communicate in a positive and sensitive way. They connect with people at many levels. Life Coaches understand many of life’s challenges because they’ve been there themselves.
Support, especially when the going gets tough
Life Coaches have extensive life experience and are trained to listen very deeply. They will fully support you as you move forward, even when the going gets tough.
A Source of Referral
Life Coaches are expert in their role but cannot have specialist knowledge in every discipline. Where appropriate, they can offer referrals to professionals in other fields.
© Rod Morgan CUG, Professional Life Coach and founder of Performance Life Coaching, UK
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Rod Morgan CUG has been a Professional Coach for over 20 years and a Life Coach for 6. He is a Graduate of Coach U and, integrating both Inner Game and NLP in his work, offers a unique and powerful combination of coaching methods to help YOU live a fuller, richer, more enjoyable life.
Author: Rod Morgan
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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I have always wondered exactly what a life coach does. I have a friend, who fits these descriptions perfectly, especially the effective goal setting. He helped me reach my goals and guided me the whole way, I think i’ll show him this article!
It’s interesting and relevant that you explained what a life coach does in the context of what sports coaches do. I know people that claim that sports coaches that they had when they were young taught them things that stuck with them their whole lives and became important to them as adults. If a life coach can do what you claim, it sounds like very important and worthwhile work for both the coach and the person being coached.