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Learn from the Best
One of the most important factors of success in the coaching profession is the experience. It has an immeasurable value in this profession. The findings based on experience are kept “top secret“ and are rarely spoken about in public. Thanks to having a privilege to have worked in the same club with four top Croatian football coaches – Miroslav Blazevic, Branko Ivankovic, Zlatko Dalić and Dražen Besek, I was writing down their knowledge and experience for many years. Last year I decided to share this knowledge with you. I’ve put it …
Players need to know what is expected of them
Every player should always know what’s expected of him and what he can gain from the coach and his assistants. Meeting for the first time, the coach needs to explain to the players that the common goal of the team is always ahead of individual interest. So, how do you prepare your players before a game? Most coaches motivate players by giving them a speech, yet equally, there are plenty of coaches who tend to provide an overview of expectations and detailed information about the next opponent in writing. I prefer …
The successful coach who “digs the most gold”
A football coach is nothing more than a manager in a gold mine. Don’t misunderstand me, the gold in this metaphor represents the players. A successful coach is one who digs the most gold, which always has to be of high quality to meet the demands of the media, the public, the sporting public and sponsors. To achieve this, it’s simply not enough to be just a ‘leader” of the miners. He must be a visionary. A strategist. Someone who will determine the ways and means to bring the miners to …
The very fact that someone is a good coach is no longer a guarantee of his/her success
I suppose you might be one of those wondering sometimes why are some coaches more successful than others, although they have, for example, the same level of knowledge or abilities? Why are they better “sold” on the football market, how come they are moving without any problems from small to more reputable clubs, constantly advancing and achieving financial and status benefits? Why do the media like to interview and quote them, and players like to train with them more than with others? What is it that distinguishes them from their colleagues? …
Coach as a person is evaluated according to his communication
I suppose you might be one of those who is wondering why some coaches are more successful than others, although they have, for example, the same level of knowledge and expertise? Why are some of them moving easy to more reputable clubs, constantly progressing and acquiring the financial and status benefits? Why do the media like to interview and quote them, and players like to train with them? What is it that distinguishes them from their colleagues? Some will say that they are charismatic, some will add they do follow modern …