The Confidence Coach's Sports Psychology Reports
Sports Psychology Report - Football Coaching Types
Psychological Type 3: The Hard Man
Give the impression that they are not to be messed with. Will happily pick a fight with their own players to prove a point. Got where they are by hard work. Expect others to do the same. Won't tolerate shirkers, bluffers or bullshitters. Love the physical battle. The macho challenge. A man is only a man when his mettle is tested under fire. Winning respect is everything. The hard man rules by fear and control. May in fact be a big softee underneath the outer veneer of machismo.
Strengths: Brutal Honesty, Competitiveness, Stubbornness.
Potential Weaknesses: Can easily upset people, can be rude and abrupt. By wanting to control everything may not maximise the creative capability of their players.
Turning Weaknesses Into Strengths: The hard man can be too much of a control freak, standing on the edge of the technical area, shouting out instructions at every point in the game. Thus the players are constantly looking to the hard man for guidance. So, the hard man should take a back seat for a game, and simply let the players play, without needing constant instruction on what to do. Tough for the control-mad hard man, but vital if they want to liberate the talent in their players.
Sports Psychology Tip: How To Spot - The Hard Man
You will find them on the edge of the technical area, hands on hips, tie loosened, gum chewing, simmering with anger, letting rip with a volley of abuse at either a hapless ref., or an error-prone player. It's the hard man you see with veins bulging out of their neck, or with fists clenched with frustration. Also prone to kicking over buckets.
Examples Past And Present: Graham Souness, Mark Hughes, Lawrie Sanchez.
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