Well, any powerful emotion will do. Well, emotion is also a transfer of energy. High energy tells us that things are lively, gives us a positive mood and feeling, and gives us confidence in the outcome of any activity. The energy of the novice coach is critical to the development of the child in swimming. High-energy people create energy in swimmers, and energy breeds success and success breeds happiness.
Happiness encourages coaches to do more, and the cycle repeats itself.
If you want to do a good job as a coach at any level, your commitment to high energy coaching, utilizing every available minute to work with athletes to help them improve, is a critical success element. If you come slowly, slouching out to practice, it will be very hard to motivate your athletes to move swiftly and decisively to the tasks at hand, and get started on an enthusiastic practice to improve. If you come out moving and shaking, greeting everyone by name, and being excited about what you are doing, you can t help but succeed. The bad news is that if you can t rally real energy or fake false energy, you are not likely to make much success of coaching. The good news is that if you live in America, no one will make you coach.