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Writer/author • Athlete Wellbeing • Seagull • 49er • 🌱
May 3, 2021 12 tweets 2 min read
A recent kicker interview with the German FA academy chief Tobias Haupt revealed some intriguing changes to the way Germany are developing their coaches. Here's a thread on them and my thoughts included. For the last two and a half years the DFB have made a strong move towards developing social competence and personal communication rather than tactics in their coaches. The "Mensch factor" is what Haupt called it.