The Boot Room
Issue 09 April 2014
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Desire to succeed with others – the coaching staff and players all had one goal: a gold medal. This infl uenced all decision making from the initial squad meeting in November to the fi nal game in February – and in many ways still infl uences our thoughts as we begin to regroup for the next round of international games. Social constructs helped us identify and dictate the choice of social group that we wanted - perhaps as a consequence squad cohesion was eff ective and regularly commented on by tournament offi cials and coaches from other countries- sometimes just the simple act of all eating together or conducting learning walks together are vastly underestimated.
Trusting, being trustworthy and honest – many lifestyle choices were made in the run up to the tournament, all of the players committed to following strict fi tness programmes to the letter and arriving back at each camp in better shape than the previous time – even after the Christmas period players returned with lower body fat and scoring higher on the fi tness tests.
Author profiles
Ian Bateman is a member of The FA Youth Coach Educator team with responsibility for futsal.
He is also currently Head Coach for the England Partially Sighted Futsal Team, and has previously worked as a FA Regional Coach Development Manager (5-11) as well as at Bolton Wanderers academy.
Steve Tones is the Director of Partnership in the Faculty of Education and Children’s Services at the University of Chester. He leads a pathway in the new MA programme – Creativity and Education for the Professions and is an Assistant Coach with the England Partially Sighted Squad.
Friendship - the players are a very tight group, away from football they face similar diffi culties in day to day life and when meeting up at camp there is an common synergy that helps bind relationships. Away from squad time, many of the players speak regularly and the friendship goes further than being teammates in an England squad – this certainly makes down time in camp or between tournament games easier to cope with. Learning how to switch off after games and recharge was to become a key part of the players collective routine.
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