principles of coaching.Describe the roles, skills and techniques used by two successful coaches

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Principles of coaching

Describe the roles, skills and techniques used by two successful coaches.

Arsene Wenger

Arsene wenger is currently the manager of Arsenal fc. His playing career was not as successful as his coaching career he began playing in minor French leagues, whilst studying at Strasbourg University. He turned pro in 1978 signing for RC Strasbourg, he did not feature much only making 3 apps.

        He started his coaching career at AS Cannes as assistant manager in 1983, he managed AS Nancy in 1984, in 1987 he managed AS Monaco until 1994, and for two years he was at Nagoya Grampus Eight and is currently at arsenal we he has had a lot of success (Premiership title - 1998; 2002; 2004, FA Cup - 1998; 2002; 2003).

The main roles of Arsene wenger are to educate players, teaching players to learn and maintain new skills and techniques, also needs to match the appropriate training methods with the ability and experience of the players, give opportunities to practice new skills, demonstrate effectively and to know when to use certain skills for certain situations.

        Also he is to make sure players are physically able to play the sport, develop player’s components of fitness.

        Also he is meant to man manage his team by demonstrating good leadership skills and direct players effectively, be well organized and give clear instructions, ensure players are playing to the best of their ability and reaching their full potential, manage the development of players effectively.

        He also needs to act as a role model for his players to earn and maintain trust and respect, be influential in a positive way, and be reliable and behaved.

        In his role as a manger he needs to act as a friend by being there for players when needed, make sure players keep their feet on the ground, and act as a friend to motivate players.

        Arsene wenger is not the best at personally managing as he does not demonstrate good leadership skills, but he does his best to ensure that players reach and play at their full potential for example he has brought a lot of relatively unknown players and has made them stars such as Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Nicolas Anelka and many more. He is a good role model as he is reliable and behaved in most occasions and he tries to make sure players keep their feet on the ground although he is not always the best at that, Thierry Henry for example is arrogant and think he is bigger than the club and due the fact that Arsene Wenger is not a disciplinarian he gets away with it.

The Skills and techniques Arsene Wenger uses to be successful generally involve communication skills, verbal communication characterized by the use of a spoken word. He would be able to change the tone, pace and volume of their speech to suit the situation. He would also use non Verbal communication skills which include sending messages via body language, facial expressions and gestures.

        His organisational skills need to be good for his sessions to be successful, also include analysing, problem solving, evaluation, time-management, sport specific skills.

        Arsene Wenger’s coaching technique is laissez fair and he has an introvert personality. Arsene Wenger may not be the best communicator but certainly knows how to coach his players and get his point across. Arsene Wenger is not a disciplinarian and his sides are known for their indiscipline. With regards to training Arsene Wenger sets up the training session by making the players succeed in a certain way, the way he wants them to play and lets it flow making the players think they are adapting it themselves. Arsene Wenger probably doesn’t use very much verbal communication but gets his ideas across via body language and gestures.    

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Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson is currently the manager of Manchester united Fc. Alex Ferguson had a relatively successful playing career playing for teams such as Queens Park, St Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Falkirk, and Ayr United. He was only manager of East Stirling for four months before he moved to the Paisley club, St Mirren. He steered the team to promotion to the top division in 1977. But he was dismissed by the club over a dispute over bonus payments to his players. He was immediately snapped up by Aberdeen who had not won a Scottish championship for over 20 ...

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