Coaching: 10 ideas for thinking

Today at the Master of Sport Psychology we talked about training with Prof. Bruno Ruscello, Tor Vergata University.

What we learned:

1. The ability to listen, guide and give constructive feedback for a coach is important.
2. Too often, youth coaching is left to inexperienced coaches.
3. The invisible aspect of coaching is just as important as the visible aspect.
4. The invisible aspect is about the lifestyle of the athlete.
5. The data scientist is an essential role to use at every level of expertise, finding the necessary adaptations.
6. The coach is a curious person who must continually deepen and broaden his or her skills.
7. Coaching is getting out of the comfort zone.
8. For a player, the following are decisive: anticipation, decision-making ability, speed, ability to cooperate.
9. The coach is a visionary who builds ladders to reach his dreams.
10. The team game is not the sum of the performance of individuals but the product of their cooperation.