SOCCER COACH

Much has been spoken and written about soccer as a game and its players. However the enormous glory that this game commands has more often than not eluded from the man who is instrumental in coaching and crafting the entire team. No points for guessing, we definitely are talking about soccer coach, man who stands tall, mentors and shares all his expertise and skill to make a winning team.
A soccer coach has to necessarily devote a lot of time in order to evolve as a successful mentor. Even amongst coaches there are positions, head coach is someone who is also commonly known as team manager and is paid the highest than the rest of the coaches who are usually subordinates. Head coaches are usually in their late 40s’ or early 50s’, some even run into 60s’ so; they even have to ensure impeccable physical fitness. The head coach is essentially responsible for recruiting/selecting players, devising play tactics and strategies, which is then supported and implemented by the subordinate coaches who generally hold offensive and defensive positions.
In modern day soccer, coaches are more inspiring as military style of mentoring has not seen much success. Players normally do not like to be dominated, on the other hand if the coaching style is inspiring the team responds more effectively. Coaches at all times have to keep themselves abreast with the latest rules and techniques and be creative in their style and approach to get the best out of the players. They need to obtain their coaching equipment from quality sports stores. However; dealing with and shaping players behavioral pattern and attitude on the pitch could be a little tricky as you cannot have definitive way for the players to react/respond to a particular situation when they are on the field, this is an area where a coach can contribute a lot yet do very little by sharing certain best practices out of his own experience and observation to manage anger and anxiety.
Soccer coaches, needless to say are ex-soccer players and distinguished ones at that. Having said that if we take a tour into history and even now, coaches who may not have been in the limelight as players have done splendid job as a coach which only goes to show that it surely takes more than just being a good soccer player. We have witnessed this trend even in the latest FIFA 2010; coaches like Del Bosque (Spain) and Bert van Marwijk (Holland) during their career as soccer players, they certainly were good but not celebrated, however; they emerged as remarkable coaches. On the contrary coaches like Fabio Capello (UK) failed to deliver even with a team as strong and skilled as England’s.