Coaching styles - Creonte

I had a lecture today about 'Coaching Styles' and found it to be very interesting. Half way through the lecture a word jumped into my head 'Creonte'

For those who don't know Creonte is a word associated to people who show or have no loyalty to their Associates, Club and to some more importantly Coach/Instructor. This is a very simple way of describing what the word means in the BJJ community (the link will explain in far more detail), and from memory it was started by Carlson Gracie.

Now that the 'non BJJ' readers understand (although loosely) what the word means - how did this word come to my mind during a Coaching & Pedagogy lecture. I (we) were being introduced to various coaching styles as introduced by Moston & Ashworth in 1986. They state there are 10 Coaching Styles:

Now whether you agree with these is up to you to decide, however academically this is what many others have taken on board and further researched (Siedentop, 1991) being one. It is also suggested that a 'Coach' and 'Student' take on a journey through these listed styles:

I'm pretty sure some of you will see when the word 'Creonte' jumped into my head. For others maybe not so. Research suggests that at some point of the 'coaching relationship' the student has to be let go to re-start the cycle again with a more 'experienced' coach.

Can it be said that there are still many people who train, do so with Blue & Purple belts (I accept they work under the guidance of higher ranking practitioners) with through no fault of their own a limited ability compared to a Brown and Black Belt.

So let me end this blog with this - IF a student has come to the end of the 'coaching relationship' with a limited coach/instructor and he/she left to re-start that journey with a significantly higher ranking practitioner/coach/instructor is he a 'Creonte'.

If so how? And to avoid such a label what could he/she do to re-engage themselves and carry on learning?

Got me thinking, and so far I am not sure if it is a 'Creonte' offence and if so how, or why. But sometimes surely this has to happen for certain practitioners to develop and continue their own BJJ journey?

Reference List.

Hughes, J. (2013), Sports Coaching Pedagogy, Theory and Practice, Unpublished Report, Wrexham: Glyndwr University.