There is an irrefutable truth, we coaches are the ones who make important decisions, therefore, let's see what are the qualities that we, as coaches, should develop to be able to get our team to the podium and stay there.
Lead, don't be a boss
A coach has to work with the team, not the team for the coach. It must be understood that this is another part of the team. We must be aware of the responsibility that falls on our shoulders, we must be aware of everything around us and be able to handle any situation to obtain optimal results. In other words, we are who stand up for the team and for the team.
In order for the players to do what the coach proposes, it is always more advisable to convince, that is, to be persuasive, but we never recommend imposing. The player who plays under impositions, pressure, fear, etc. You will never be able to perform at one hundred percent.
He negative language, on the other hand, sometimes entails mental blocks. If a striker is told “how bad you are” every time he misses a goal and is reproached for this, it is very likely that he will end up creating a limiting barrier for himself. Probably, every time you go to shoot on goal, the first thought that appears in your mind is the figure of the coach telling you that you are going to miss the goal because it is too bad, etc... The result will surely be that will not score a goal. As a leader we have to take into account each individual and not each player as part of the team.
We can sum this up in a single sentence.: “The difference between leader and boss lies in the fact that a boss is an imposed authority who uses his power to command others, whereas a leader is one who directs and motivates a teamor of people without imposing their own ideas.”
On the other hand, the factor of sincerity It is crucial. In a constructive way we have to correct the errors that we see. Sincerity is a value very important in people, since it is the ability to not fail to follow the truth. Being a sincere person means not lying in any area. We must be able to “face the truth” in order to earn the trust of our team members in us.
“Each teacher with his Booklet”
This popular saying means that everyone has a way of doing things, but in order to develop our own techniques we must from a base, we cannot ignore the training methodologies, the formations, the rondos, warm-ups and everything that we are going to apply with our players so that best, evolve and grow at a technical-tactical level.
Having this base we can correct behaviors potentially dangerous and detect errors that may be holding our players back.
Awareness and communication
A coach must be aware, not only about training and the field or future games, but about everything that happens to our players, we must take into account their physical and mental health, as well as your mood, since they are very important factors that influence the time of the game. We must know what keys to press to motivate our players.
Here we can also include communication. We not only have to know how to see what happens, but we must also be able convey what we want or expect of our players to fix complicated situations and get the message across that we want to transmit, which will provide us with good communication skills. Remember what we said in our previous blogs:
"A good team will have many victories, but a properly motivated team will achieve success. The success of our team not only depends on hard work but also on good motivation on the part of the coach."
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