Maslow's Hierarchy of Coaching Needs

I've been spending a lot of time on coach development over the past 5+ years and have made a number of observations. Primarily, that coaches have different needs and interests and different times . I call it Maslow's Hierarchy of Coaching Needs and, like Maslow's Hierarchy , there is little scientific basis for it. The concept of Maslow's Hierarchy is that someone needs to be satisfied at one level before having the capacity to progress to the next. For beginner coaches, technical is the focus for the first 5 years, then tactical for 5 years, then Sports Science and Sports Medicine for 5 years, then the actual ability to 'coach' after that. 1 For anyone still reading, yes, the 5 years is arbitrary but feels about right. It takes a long time! Now, what are the practical implications of this? Primarily it is related to coach development. A good coach developer knows that coaching skills are critical, and that curiosity is a trait of high performing coaches. But