Phil Walnock has spent most of his career in the telecommunications and electric utilities industries, beginning years ago as a cable splicing technician, then rising through the managerial ranks to become an Operations Executive.

He hails from Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the eastern part of the state, and grew up in the Lehigh Valley with a love of the outdoors and sports. “I was very active in athletics,” he says today, “playing football, basketball and baseball through high school.”

Phil Walnock has kept up his involvement with athletic competition through coaching. He has coached teams of young players in football, basketball, and baseball. He knows from his experiences as a coach and as a player that being an effective coach is about a lot more than having a whistle and a clipboard. A good coach can make all the difference in a young person’s life, instilling not just a love for a particular sport, but a healthy attitude about competition, winning, and losing.

Above all else, a coach should be a supporter. The very best of them get their young athletes to believe in themselves. Part of that involves building the athlete up and providing each one with self-esteem. Good coaches make sure to tell their players whenever they see them doing things right. That doesn’t mean praising a mediocre effort, but it does mean accentuating the positive.

Good coaches know that what they do goes beyond any game strategy, and presents opportunities to teach important life lessons. The competition itself can teach some of these lessons, but a good coach can place winning and losing and giving one’s best effort in the proper context, stressing good sportsmanship, fair play, honesty, integrity, and so on.

Players and coaches always want to win, even those games that don’t count for anything in the standings. But good coaches know how to keep each game in proper perspective; they don’t let themselves get distracted by how important any one game is in relation to another. They also understand that the games are just that: games. What coaches can teach and the way that they teach it is far more important than the game itself.

Phil Walnock has coached several sports, and has also been a volunteer Financial Secretary for years.

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