Success scheme has Bahr on top of American scene
The Bahr from within Jellystone Park
continually searches for picnic baskets.
The Bahr from Penn State also searches,
but instead of picnic baskets he prefers
to savour something more satisfying
perfection. The main difference between
the two besides the fact that not many
bears cut grass, play golf, rectify
kickers, smoke cigars, or do the polka, is
that the man involved in soccer is mote
likely to succeed.
To state that nothing succeeds more
than success is to actually say that
pothing succeeds more than Penn State
soccer coach Walter Bahr. Not only has
his involvement in soccer as a player
done so much for the growth of the game
in America, but the hallmark of his
'success is also to be found within the
;circles of coaching college soccer. His
continued enthusiasm and dedication as
a first class coach remains as the
trademark of his illustrious career.
Not only do people take note of an
'occupation which stretches from below
the bleachers at Jeffrey Field to the
confines of Rec Hall and White Building,
but also to a secluded home situated in
the middle of a golf course. Soccer is
-intended to be played within the same
atmosphere that surrounds a close knit
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family. Coach Bahr is fortunate enough
to experience both, his team play as a
family, his family as a team.
His son Chris played Penn State
football and soccer and is now a
placekicker for the NFL Cincinnati
Bengals. His younger son Matt is still
chasing Chris' records on the football
field and setting a few of his own. Matt
also played professional soccer this
summer for the Colorado Caribou and is
now on the Tulsa Roughnecks squad.
Coach Bahr's daughter, Davies, was on
last year's national championship Lady
Lion gymnastics team and is now on the
volleyball team.
When many a father would be proud of
a son or daughter earning any kind of
sporting recognition, Coach Bahr could
be forgiven for standing in the limelight
with the wealth of talent available within
his household. Instead, he prefers to play
the role of a father and leave them to
decide their own individual goals and
career aspirations, yet offering sound
advice if and when the need arises.
Coaches in America have often been
likened to people constantly hungry for
success. Some coaches will do anything
and • everything to be nationally ac
claimed No. 1. Their methods• in some
instances have not been observed since
the abolition of slavery in the 1800's
Coach Bahr is a man reluctant to in
volve himself in any Lombardic ethics.
Instead, he prefers to respect a player's
playing ability in the same way that he
expects players to respect his coaching
ability. It is this two-way facet that in
my mind undoubtedly holds the key to
his immediate and future success. Coach
Bahr has always maintained that
players must rise to his level of thinking.
This is not a domineering mode of
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thinking. It simply encourages players
to reach a higher level of aspiration
through setting their standards high in
the hope of achieving greater things.
Giving credit and respectability to
Coach Bahr is like the presence of the
notorious spring rain; it is both abun
dant and forever flowing. I have yet to
meet a coach with as deep a sense of
concern for the well-being not only of his
players, but of everyone whose path he
crosses. For someone who is continually
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inundated with mail from prospective
soccer material, continually active with
soccer and football, continually active
with social engagements, he still finds
time to respond to any plea for help, give
a word of advice, or simply converse
socially.
One coach was often heard to state
that once ounce of information is the
equivalent of one ton of practice. This
may well be true in theory but the truth
of such must be seen in its practical
application. In England, college coaches
are still reluctantly pushing with this ton
of practice. In America, coaches similar
in calibre to Coach Bahr push ahead
through this information ounce ap
proach. The results are slowly
emerging. College soccer standards are
improving with each game in America.
while the English system still finds itself
situated on a plateau with little visible
signs of elevating itself.
Having worked with many top-class
coaches in England. I have observed
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different approaches and styles of
coaching. Although I have only been in
America on one previous visit, the
standards do vary. In England many
coaches will say one thing to your face
and do the complete opposite behind
your back. There is one coach in
England who I know for a fact would
would sell his own grandmother if it was
in the best interest of his team. There
may exist coaches in America with
similar ideas, but as yet I have not come
across any. All my views and opinions
are based on what I have actively seen,
none more so than at Penn State. Here.
there is a man well-known and well-liked
by many, a coach whose reputation is
renowned and respected by all.
It would not surprise me in the least if
on meeting President Carter, someone
in the audience whispered quietly.
"Who's that guy over there talking with
Coach Bahr?" -
Mike Ditchfield, a native of Lan
cashire. En - gland, is an assistant Penn
State soccer coach.
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