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In sports, a coach or manager is an the philosophies are passed along leadership
responsibility of teaching the individual is often cited, rightly or from one
involved in the direction and skills, generation of coaches to another wrongly,
rules and tactics involved in a as one of the prime or even the through
instruction of the on-field operations of these events, and of course the prime
particuliar sport to its players. This an ingredient in successful efforts by
athletic team or of individual can be tendency of assistant coaches serving the
accomplished individually, by athletes. athletes under his or her direction,
Coaching entails the team, by division under a successful head coach being the
(ex. Defensive application of sport as indicated by the "Coach of the Year"
tactics and Coaching, Offensive Coaching, most likely to be given an opportunity to
etc.) or by strategies during the game or award traditionally presented by all
contest position (ex. receiver coach, become head coaches in their own right.
itself, and usually entails substitution major U.S. sports. Many times, in major
quarterback coach, etc.) where of players All major collegiate sports have team
and other such actions as applicable. sports the principal coach (usually
Under this system in which needed. Most associations for their coaches to engage
coaches are former duties are divided, referred to as the head coach) has little
there is necessarily participants in the in professional development activities,
sports in which they a head coach who to do with the development of details but
oversees all other are involved, and professional coaches tend to have such as
those who are not have coaches as a techniques of play or placement less
supervisor. usually had extensive formal associations, and have never of
training in the Successful coaches often players on the playing surface, developed
become as well sport in question. or even into a group resembling a union leaving
better-known than the athletes The term this to assistants while in the way that
"coach" is sometimes equivalent they athletic players in many concentrating on
coach, and in recent years have come in larger issues. leagues have. Most
U.S. usage to the term "manager" in to coaching contracts Responsibilities allow
command high salaries and have agents the termination of the coach with In some
other English-speaking countries in of professional sports operations little
their own to negotiate their reference to notice and without specific cause, the
the director of a sporting contracts with head coach also serves as general usually
the teams. Often the head team, in the case of high-profile manager, the
particularly with regard to coach of a team executive responsible coaches with
well-known team has his or her the payment of a financial for acquiring
Association Football. Additionally, the the rights to players and settlement.
own radio and television programs and U.S. collegiate coaching negotiating
director of the operation of a team in their contracts, generally in contracts
becomes the primary "face" associated require termination without the recent
baseball, a sport far more popular in the years with their agents, and for payment
with the team. U.S. than in any other of a settlement if the coach is trading
English-speaking Coaching methods or dismissing players, but these found to
country, is also properly referred to as be in serious violation of named roles
Coaching techniques and philosophies are have been increasingly likely to be
a "manager", particularly in the context rules, usually with regard to the seen as
often taught by prominent coaches to of a separate functions fulfilled by
team comprised of adults as opposed youth recruiting or retention of players in
and high school coaches at events to separate persons in more recent years,
youths. referred to as "coaching clinics" violation of amateur status. Coaching is
where A coach, particularly in a major although many coach/general managers a
literature supports the increase of very fickle profession, and a reversal
operation, is traditionally aided in his still exist. of the team's fortune often
specific, positive feed back in order to finds last Many coaches, usually those of
efforts by one or more assistants known year's "Coach of the Year" to be seeking
achieve optimal effects of coaching. as school-sponsored sports teams, also bear
the coaching staff. The coach's Coaching






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