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The many roles of a Sailability coach
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The many roles of a SAILABILITY COACH
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身兼多職的航能教練
by Jack Shum
I remember on the first day of the RYA Sailing coach class, the trainer asked a seemingly simple question. What are the traits needed to be a coach?
After thinking for a long time, I could only write a few points including:
1. Love 2. Patience 3. Determination 4. Perseverance 5. Accept differences 6. Have the courage to admit your mistakes 7. Switch roles 8. Be cautious
After being a coach for some time, these theories are exactly that…theories, and they were left behind a long time ago. It was not until I went to Sailability to teach as a coach many years ago that I was suddenly awakened to what the real meaning of a trainer is.
As a sailing coach in Sailability, you have diverse roles. You look like a sailing coach, but you need the empathy of a social worker, the enthusiasm of an evangelist, the patience of a farmer, and the care required to complete a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle!
記得在英國皇家遊艇協會帆船教 練課的第一天,教練問了一個看 似簡單的問題:成為教練需要具 備哪些特質?
想了半天,只能寫出幾點:
1. 愛 2. 耐心 3. 決心 4. 毅力 5. 接受差異 6. 勇於承認錯誤 7. 轉換角色 8. 謹慎
在當了一段時間的教練之後,理 論就是理論,很快就被我拋諸腦 後。直到我去了航能香港當教 練,我才突然意識到教練的真正 含義是什麼。
作為航能香港的帆船教練需扮演不 同的角色,外表看起來是一名帆船 教練,內裡則具備如同社工的同理 心、傳教士的熱情、農民的耐心, 以及完成1000塊拼圖所需的細心!

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