SOCCERDEMICS - What Kind of Manager Are You?
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A lot of shouting takes place on the pitch. But have you ever considered the level that goes on the sidelines and in the changing rooms? For those who blow a gasket at players who don't play it their way, what's the ROI on your damaged vocal chords? 

Negatives in performances happen when a team win, lose, play well and bad. Do you go through the negatives after a positive performance like you would after a bad one? I have heard managers say they shout to get a reaction but if your team are doing something wrong tactically is this effective? The solution is in the content not the volume. The dynamic to note is: Are they managing the player or the person behind the player? The answer SHOULD be Both. The practicality however isn't so.

Your management style is similar to parenthood. A direct reflection on how you were managed; You either imitate or rebel. Generally, when teams lose, managers will lock players in the changing room and go through all the negatives of their performances, dissecting the flaws and gnawing away at the shoulda couldas. On the flip side, when a team wins, there is a quick pat on the back plus a "Well done lads" on the way out of the changing room. Possibly a reflection of our national persona, there is a definite inclination in football culture to focus on the negatives. We may mock Maradona's affectionate embraces and fatherly expressions to his players, but is that because we find any form of positive acknowledgement, come good or bad, uncomfortable to stomach; especially while we are locked in our cross armed scowls by the side of the pitch like Sir Alex Ferguson and others? 

Generalisation and 'umbrella labelling' your team when trying to fix a problem is like standing in the street trying to sell air! You will be acknowledged at face level, but not much further. If a manager talks to a player directly about fixing a specific problem, the player will take that problem as his own, but if the manager talks to the team it makes an individuals problem a generic issue, that allows for an option of ownership.

Players should play to their strengths whilst being tactically arranged by their manager. Too many times managers tell players to play to their personal interpretation of the teams strengths. When this happens, more often than not you will lose a part of that player.

Bottom line: volume, content personal relevance and positivity come good or bad are valuable lessons for training room etiquette.




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