Dealing with coaches...

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by deecee

I prefer to lead by allowing the less experienced the opportunity to deal with this issue themselves. If they show that after instruction they cannot handle the situation then I can step in. We are not dealing with infants but adults, and I remember when I was new and partners just jumped all over doing whatever they thought or wanted to it annoyed me. I would rather have been instructed as to what the proper way to handle a situation was and given the opportunity. Of course if a coach is so belligerent then by all means my partner could step in, and I would appreciate a, "I did that because..."

We all lead in different ways. You, I can guess, lead by a dogmatic approach of I am right and everyone else is wrong. I am happy that works for you.

When I was newer I had one particular partner who felt it necessary to jump in when I had extended dialogue with coaches. It irritated me as well.