Football Coach's Self-Evaluation

Successful coaches have proved in the history of football to have had what is called a "strong" personality.  But what actually makes such a kind?  Is it strength?  Knowledge?  Ambition?  or is it something above all of these?  

A good coach is defined by:

Personality
  • talent for the coaching profession
  • temperament and energy for working as a football coach
  • character for a challenging job
Abilities and knowledge
  • capability to select and form a soccer team
  • ability to prepare and keep players in good physical and mental shape
  • leadership on and off the field
Concept of performance
  • playing 
  • training
  • recovering

 

 

Success as a coach translates a superior ability to analyze not only game situations, strategies and tactics but above all, oneself.  It is only through an objective introspective look that a coach will be able to determine his type of personality, strengths and weaknesses as well as his potential for the future.  

The coach is faced daily with problems and the solution to any of them comes naturally in three steps: 

  • evaluation

  • diagnosis

  • resolution

Similarly, improving oneself as a football coach will start with a comprehensive evaluation of self and activity, then continue with the identification of strengths, weaknesses and unrealized potential, culminating with the formulation of corrections/improvements and their implementation.

We propose the following self-evaluation and look at what actually comes out to be your personality as a soccer coach. 

Select a score for each question (scale is 1 - 10, 1 being the lowest while 10 being the highest)

1. Objectives = How confident are you that you are well prepared for your professional goals and objectives?

2. Professional Knowledge = Do you believe you have the necessary knowledge to accomplish these goals?

3. Intelligent Creative Strategies = How creative do you think your solutions to your professional problems are?

4. Money+Time+Energy = How much money and energy are you investing in your professional preparation?

5. Total Dedication = Is the football game your second nature, in other words, are you totally dedicated to football?

6. Global vision = Are you using  a three-dimensional strategy of analysis, diagnosis and treatment to achieve your football activities?

7. Individual Winning Formula = Do you have a strong, competitive winning formula for you and your team?

8. Changing Strategies Accordingly = Do you believe you have enough capacity and mobility to turn a negative situation into a positive one? 

9. Act Competitively to Win = Do you have the strength and aggressive edge to maintain direction and aim?

10. Total-Efficiency = Time, Energy, Money  = Do you think you are combining most efficiently the three aspects of your activity?

  • What are your main professional qualities? 

  • What are your professional weaknesses? 

  • What are your latent or potential capacities?

 

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