What is your WHY? Why are you a trainer?

A new year has begun and with it a new year as a trainer. Today we would like to ask a crucial question that can strengthen you personally and therefore also your trainer behavior!

WHY ARE YOU A TRAINER?

WHY you became a coach is crucial for you and your future as a coach. The better you know your WHY, the more precisely you can choose your future path as a coach. Does your WHY fit with what you are doing now? Are you in the right performance area, in the right age group, in the right club?
We have written down some possible answers to the question WHY for you. Maybe you can find yourself there!

I became a trainer because I …

… couldn't play football well enough himself but wanted to stick with it.
… wants to be part of the big football community.
… thereby getting attention from society.
… wants to convey educational and personal values.
… I can't fulfill myself in my job and am therefore trying football.
… love to win.
… no one else would have trained the team.
… enjoy developing players further.
… wants to become known through this.
… receive decision-making authority.
… want to be part of someone who has made it to the professional level.
…unfulfilled wishes as a player can now be achieved as a coach.
… must have done something in the social field for professional life.
… am constantly faced with new challenges.
… wanted to do better than my coaches back then.
…so that I can earn some extra money.
… wants to be a successful coach.
… have football skills that I have to teach the players.

It may be that your WHY is made up of several factors and is weighted differently. This is completely normal and was the case for us too.

Think carefully about what your GOALS are and what your WHY is, because these should fit in with how and what you train so that you and your players can really develop optimally! Because is it just about you or also about your players? Only you can answer this question.

As a trainer, you have strengths and preferences when it comes to certain training focuses. Which focuses are best suited to which age group and which age range you are best suited to will be discussed in the next article on this topic.

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