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1. DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ATHLETE AND HOW TO "WORK TOWARDS" THEM OR WE START FROM THE END.
11.10.2022

1. DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ATHLETE AND HOW TO "WORK TOWARDS" THEM OR WE START FROM THE END.

When meeting with coaches, parents and athletes, we repeatedly come across the same questions in our work: What qualities should a successful athlete have? How can we support its development in this desired direction? How can we support self-confidence, concentration, motivation and other qualities and abilities of an athlete?

And that led us to the idea of ​​creating a series of articles devoted to answers to these and similar questions, which all of you who are active in the sports environment, who are involved in the education of athletes, whether as a parent or as coach. We will look at what you- as a parent, or as a coach, or as an athlete, can do to help you succeed, to walk the path to success, progress, development and self-development.

In the first article, which is the beginning of the path to raising a "successful" athlete, let's look at the end. What should be the result of our efforts? What kind of athlete do we really want? 

We bring you the results of our survey, which we conducted with national football coaches, in which they answered questions about what type of athlete they expect to be "educated" by youth coaches. What qualities should they have in order to be successful in professional sports 

And the results are:

• Confident player

• Cooperating in a team

• He enjoys the sport he plays

• Copes with pressure and stress

• Has a "winning" mentality

• Responsible and disciplined

• Controls his emotions

• Willing to work hard

• Motivated player

• Adaptable to changes

• Willing to learn (involvement in one's own development)

• Self-contained

• Purposeful

Do you agree? You may think of other features and characteristics, but these came out as the most important to us from the survey.And that's why, as we mentioned, in new articles, we will gradually focus on ways from different sides, how to gradually raise an athlete who will have these qualities and will successfully manage the life of a professional athlete.