As a coach, motivating your team and those participating is part of the job. Having the opportunity to motivate the players you are coaching allows you to encourage improving skills and increasing athleticism -- or another area of focus you are coaching on. Motivating the players on your team helps to build morale in everyone participating.
Building physical strength is part of most team-building and teamwork sports, which helps to improve the overall skill and athletic level of the players on your team. Using team-building activities and hosting practice sessions before games will help you build your team's strength, skills and overall ability regardless of the sport or activity you are coaching.
Coaching gives you the opportunity to build your team's players' confidence and self-esteem by motivating each teammate as well as complimenting improvements and when new skills are learned. Building self esteem and confidence into your players will allow them to enjoy the sport or activity they are involved with while also feeling ready to tackle obstacles and work together.
Team-building and team-building exercises are part of coaching and participating with a team. Separating your team into groups to break the ice with one another and to host practice matches between each other allows the team to get to know everyone on a personal level while also becoming familiar with each teammate's strengths and weaknesses.
Being a coach is a way to motivate teammates to become leaders themselves, taking charge and thinking of new plans and ideas to win or reach an ultimate goal. Leadership skills transfer into the real world ranging from business meetings to dealing with customers or your own friends and family.