Sports coaching career- Job of a coach, eligibility and training.

Sports coaching are fast becoming popular career option. Coaches are there for every game and athletic event. The main job of a coach is to spot and select potential players, make them understand games’ instructions and rules, plan and implement training schedules for the precision of their movements, demonstrate effective techniques of the play to bring up their game level, observe players in while in game and offer helpful criticism and corrective methods. Coach also accompanies players during tournaments and provides the necessary guidance as well as boost up their player's morale.

Coaching requires a lot of mental exercise. Performance of a team depends a lot on the coach. A coach strategizes the game of its team or player, observe the opponent players, read their strategy and create a layered counter strategies. It is his knowledge of the team, its members, game, its allied developments, and his experiences that help to devise an effective training program. A coach should also have good interpersonal skills to communicate the larger goals of the team effectively to its team members. He should be clear in defining philosophies of the training and it should be non-conflicting. He must be well versed with sports psychologies and stress management techniques so that his players are able to maintain a positive frame of mind during tough competition.

Important credentials that a coach must have are:

•  Experience and Training
• Patience, perseverance and a sporting spirit
• Communication and business skills
•  Psychomotor and physical conditioning
• Understanding of how the mind and body works
• Good organizational skills
• Professional Courses

To start a career in coaching, one must be equipped with the right educational and training background. There are several institutions in India and abroad that offers such professional courses/degree. Below is mentioned the list of colleges that impart education in sports coaching

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