Study of the history, theories, philosophies, rules, and terminology of the competitive sports of Baseball and Softball. Opportunity to develop coaching philosophy. Three hours lecture per week.
Course Learning Objectives
- Develop and write coaching philosophy.
- Develop an efficient practice plan involving the entire team.
- Develop a sport camp
- Understand various offensive strategies.
- Understand various defensive strategies.
- Teach a specific skill or drill (of your choice) to a group of peers.
- Teach an offensive or defensive strategy (of your choice) to a group of peers.
- Understand the importance of an effective strength and conditioning program as it relates to the sport.
- Understand basic organizational/leadership skills needed in order to effectively run an entire program.
- Develop a personal coaching playbook.
Evaluation Standards
Student success is measured by assessment techniques aligned to course goals and learning outcomes. A variety of techniques may be used, including but not limited to objective exams/quizzes, classroom participation, physical assessments, demonstrations, written reports and group projects. Individual faculty members may also include selected computer programs and demonstrations of health facts with the aid of media and laboratory. Individual faculty members are responsible for designing evaluation instruments to measure student mastery of course goals and learning outcomes and for indicating the nature of such instrument in the instructor’s class requirements.
Semester grade will have letter grade assigned as follows
90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
Below 60 F
Required Institutional Core Learning Outcomes
Communication (COM), Critical Thinking (CT), Personal Responsibility (PR)
Disabilities
ADA Statement:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) may contact the Office on the Weatherford College Weatherford Campus to request reasonable accommodations. Phone: 817-598-6350 Office Location: Office Number 118 in the Student Services Building, upper floor. Physical Address: Weatherford College 225 College Park Drive Weatherford, TX.
Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity is fundamental to the educational mission of Weatherford College, and the College expects its students to maintain high standards of personal and scholarly conduct. Academic dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion, and the abuse of resource materials including unauthorized use of Generative AI. Departments may adopt discipline specific guidelines on Generative AI usage approved by the instructional dean. Any student who is demonstrated to have engaged in any of these activities will be subject to immediate disciplinary action in accordance with institutional procedures.
Hope Statement
Any student who faces challenges securing basic resources such as food, clothing, or housing and believes this may affect their performance in their course of study is urged to contact the Director of Student Resources, Dr. Deborah Cregger, for support at (817) 598-6444. Her office is on the first floor of Student Services. If the student prefers, they may contact their instructor, who can reach out on their behalf. Weatherford College also provides the Coyote Pantry. The Pantry maintains boxed and canned foods for students in need. The location of the Coyote Pantry is two blocks west of the Weatherford campus at the Baptist Student Ministry (118 E. Park Ave., Weatherford). Pantry hours are Mon-Thurs. 8:30 am-4:30 pm and Fri. 8.30 am-12:00 pm (817-599-6586).
Last Modified
Friday, September 10, 2021, 2:56 PM
