COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Chloe Pavlech of the Maryland women's basketball team attended the "So You Want To Be a Coach" program at the WBCA's annual convention in Indianapolis during the NCAA Final Four.
The objectives of the "So You Want To Be a Coach" program are to increase the understanding and application of skills necessary to secure coaching positions in women’s basketball, increase the understanding and awareness of competencies necessary for success in coaching, introduce female basketball players to coaches and administrators, and raise awareness of the existing talent pool of female basketball players who have a passion and interest in coaching the game of women’s basketball.
Attendees are selected and invited by the WBCA. For more on the "So You Want To Be a Coach" program, click here.
Umterps.com sat down with Pavlech to learn about her experience.
How did you find out about the program?
CP: I found out about the program through my mom and through Coach B after I told her I wanted to get into coaching. I had heard great things about it and I knew it would be an awesome opportunity for me.
What did you gain from the experience?
CP: I met a lot of people I had grown up playing against. I networked and got to know my fellow peers. I met coaches who shared their experiences with me. I learned it's about making connections and how important it is to make a personal connection with people. It was exciting meeting coaches who have followed me throughout my Maryland career and were willing to help me in any way possible.
What did you learn?
CP: During the program, they talked a lot about developing players as people and it made me appreciate Coach B even more than I really did. She talks about helping us grow as people and as players all the time and we really do that here at Maryland. I'm blessed to have had four years here.
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