Work Experience Assignment

  For this assignment on work experience I will be discussing Professional Football Coaching, its roles and how to go about fulfilling this job in realistic circumstances. Football coaches develop the knowledge, techniques and motivation of football teams and players. They train players at all levels, from beginners to top professionals.

Roles of a Professional Football Coach

  • Plan and deliver training sessions and programmes

 A professional football coach must be able to effectively plan microcycles, mesocycles and macrocycles of the highest quality designed to improve top players in a realistic environment.

  • Provide feedback and give advice on players' performance, fitness, technical skills and team working

 A professional football coach must be able to observe and analyse players in everything they do both on and off the field. He/she must have a wide knowledge of the game and what he needs to see from the players and how to correct it if it is not correct.

  • Demonstrate and/or train with players

 Not only does a professional football coach need to have the knowledge of how to play football, but he must have experience and ability to play him/herself. This is because players at a top level tend to respect a coach with playing experience so it affects the psychological side of a player. He/she also needs the ability to effectively demonstrate his/her exercises or coaching points.

  • Develop and discuss strategies and tactics for both individual and team play

 A professional football coach must have a rich experience of coaching to develop their knowledge and understanding of the game of football. He/she must recognise different patterns of play and have knowledge of how to handle a vast quantity of tactical scenarios.

Join now!
  • Give guidance on nutrition, and injury recognition and prevention, when working with competitive teams

 A professional football coach must have a vast knowledge of the correct diet and muscle exercises to maximise their potential ability and prevent them damaging themselves during training and matches.

  • Plan activities, sessions and programmes, and research current good practice and innovative examples

 A professional football coach must be completely up to date on all the latest training technologies and training techniques. He/she must be creative, organised and imaginative to come up with there own game realistic microcycles, mesocycles and macrocycles.

  • Advise ...

This is a preview of the whole essay