Managing Club players
10 points down at half time in County Final.
• Stats man gives you stats,
• 12- 4 beaten on breaking ball, conversion rate 2 from 10 including a
missed penalty.
• Two subs already used,
• One selector shouting for more changes, another talking about how
they are disgracing themselves and the club.
Beaten by 9 points in a county final
• My ego,
• Winning/ improving is everything.
• My responsibility to the players as people,
• Kick-out strategies- I would now, give the template and give the
keepers the job of modifying them and practice them with the group
– play them in the training game.
Give your half time talk.
• Deal with the reality that is there.
• Reset goals for second half.
• Positional and personnel changes.
• References our restarts , breaking ball positioning and kick out
strategy.
Club management Issues
• Style of management
Leadership styles
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYA7eMoxUBA
• Styles
• Autocratic,
• Free Reign
• Democratic
• The style depends on the clubs evolution, players, and tradition
KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORLD’S BEST COACHES
•Most have also undergone a shift in
leadership styles, moving towards a leaderfollower approach, in which care and
empathy are critically important. In data
from the athletes it became evident that
they (the athletes) truly believed their
coaches cared for them as individuals.
Successful coaches
• These coaches are “always striving, driven by the fear of not being
good enough”.
• These coaches know themselves – they know their core values and
what it means to embody them, or how to demonstrate those values
to themselves and their athletes.
• Finally, the aim should always be to get to know your athletes better.
This requires real care, empathy and time.
Organisation
• Time at training
• Delegation of particular roles.
• Periodisation of the season.
• County players
• Club issues access to pitches.
Never take off a county player at club level bar he
is injured !
Picking a team
• Attendance at training,
• Players ability
• What the team needs
• Are they equal?
Picking Teams
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDBZz4cQfIM
Managing Holidays
• Page at the start of the year write down when you are away revisit it
again at Easter.
• General rule do not go as a large group.
• Tell players to go on holidays when County team are playing
• 2 weeks if Married man
• 1 week if not, general rule.
• State at the start of year if going on J1
Managing build up to finals
• Gear
• Press nights
• Social media
• Betting
Shift work
• Providing a programme for people who can’t train.
• Change training times to suit players on occasion.
Lifestyle issues
• Relationships
• Drink
• Drugs
• Mixing of the group
• Mental wellness
Dual players
• The club is king in my view,
• Club policy in advance,
• Club person to monitor sessions and to protect the player from over
use.
• This should also involve the under age if the individual is playing
colleges, schools etc.
Online reputation
• What people say on line is permanent
• Whatsapp
• Venting frustration
• Great avenue for communication via motivation, tactics,
communication.
• Youtube channel for video clips
Advice to new managers
• Build up a library of contacts
• Nutrition
• Injuries and cures
• Strength and conditioning