What makes a successful coach?

Throughout history there have been many great sporting individuals and teams, Manchester United, the England rugby team, the Williams sisters and the Australian cricket team. However what made these athletes triumphant? One obvious thing comes to mind: they are the best players in there sport. But where would these players be without the correct training and coaching? Before this question can be answered we need to be able to identify the role of coaches and the effect there role has on athletes.

Behind every athlete is a dedicated coach who is there to help the athlete in many different but equally important ways. A coach’s main role is to improve the performance of the athlete. The coach is the person who tells you what you are doing incorrect but more essentially how to improve it. A coach will help their team or individuals in all aspects of there game both physical and psychological. This means that a coach has a big responsibility to help with different issues inside and outside of sport. A good coach is anything from a shoulder to cry on to a driving force behind a good performance.

The United Kingdom Coaching Strategy describes the role of the coach as one which "enables the athlete to achieve levels of performance to a degree that may not have been possible if left to his/her own endeavours"

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Coaches like athletes are all different and individual in the way they do there jobs in sport. Every coaches aim is the same, to do there best for there athlete so they in turn can give there best performance, but there style and the way that they seek to achieve there goal is different. Some coaches find that shouting at there athlete when they do something wrong is the best way to get there point across. An obvious example of this would be Manchester united manager Sir Alex Ferguson. This style has suited him very well as he is ...

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