Branko Ivanković – Career interview!
Branko Ivanković certainly deserves the title of one of the most successful Croatian football trainers. Starting in Varteks from his home town Varaždin, he continued his journey all the way to the most successful and well known club in Iran with over 40 million fans – FC Persepolis. With Branko as the head of Persepolis the club got to untouchable first place on the chart full three rounds before the end of the championship and is playing Asian Championship League – AFC Champions League. We met with Branko during his short …
TOGETHER #WEPLAYSTRONG
New research suggests that football can have a greater positive impact on the self-confidence of teenage girls than other popular sports. The largest study of its kind was recently conducted by UEFA and an elite group of specialists to investigate the effect football has on the psychological and emotional state of girls and young women in Europe. The research took into account the impact that football has on self-confidence, self-esteem, well-being, feelings of togetherness, motivation and life skills and compared those results to other popular sports. Data was collected from six countries: …
Top players – coaches
What do you think, which coaches are more successful? The ones who used to be the top players, those who were just average players, or those who did not play football at all? I met a lot of coaches who were top players but were later shown as just average coaches, and vice versa, coaches who were just average players and later proved themselves as the top coaches. Of course, this can not be generalized, because there are always and always will be some honorable exceptions, such as Jupp Heynckes or …
Self-control with things out of your influence
Football really is the most beautiful sport in the world. It brings joy, pleasure, generosity, hope and even faith. Despite these sets of values, a large number of coaches, due to their enormous, constant desire to win every single game, find it a challenge to relax and enjoy its charms. I do hope that you’re not one of them. Football would not be football if everyone constantly won. Unnecessary nervousness in these coaches usually floats to the surface while leading the team in a game. I like to observe coaches during …
Great Return of England
By the end of 2014, England Under-21s head coach Gareth Southgate, director of the elite development Dan Ashworth and head of player and coach development Matt Crocker presented the new plans for the future of English football. They are presented as The FA unveiled its England DNA philosophy at St. George’s Park with the ultimate goal of creating winning England teams. The impression that is left behind the young England selection at the EURO U-17 competition currently being held in Croatia suggests that the project succeeded. Young English teammates are both …