Lines and Diamonds

1.1 MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The job of a modern football manager encompasses six basic areas of responsibility: 1. Match Tactics: This involves deciding how to use principles, systems and styles of play to meet the club’s club’s performance objectives. At a well managed club, this area of responsibility provides a foundation for all of the others. 2. Player Development: This involves developing a training programme and organising the club’ club’s s coaches to improve the individual abilities of players. A sufficiently comprehensive player development programme will improve player performance in terms of technical proficiency, physical ability, ability, tactical intelligence, mental resilience and professional ethics. 3. Player Psychology: This involves helping players cope with the pressures of life as a professional footballer while enforcing the club’s expectations for professional behaviour behaviour.. In some cases, it may also involve helping players deal with other personal difficulties that might be adversely affecting performance.