Agile Sports Roles - The Coach

In Agile Sports, the coach is the team decision maker and works closely with the lead analyst. While this role functions much like a traditional coach, the self-organizing principles of Agile Sports open up the possibilities of utilizing a player-coach for this role. Players such as Lebron James, Russell Westbrook, Tom Brady, Aaron Rogers, Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby are a few who possess the qualities to possibly fulfill the dual function of player/coach. The coach’s job is to guide the team toward synergy, where all players are working together on both sides of the court, field or ice, delivering the value they commit to during Sprint Planning (see Estimating Player “Value” toward Team Goals to learn more about measuring value). The coach guides the team in executing the game plan and adjusting the strategy as necessary to win games. They are the leader in team conversations and validating that all team members have total buy-in into the team’s strategy.
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