Coach to Coach Connections

An important aspect in the sports management field that is often overlooked by many people is the relationships opposing coaches have with one another. This can be a very useful tool in achieving goals throughout your career. By having close connections to coaches of other teams that can lead you vital information about opponents and give you a one up against other teams. The way to become connected is very easy to do and with a few simple steps you can have close connections with opposing coaches in your field as well.

1) Respect
The main aspect you need to remember with communicating with opposing coaches is to always be respectful of the coach and their team. Never put down a coach for the way he or she handles their team. Putting down their coaching techniques would cause the coach to dislike you and not want to help you in the future.

2) Compliment
A secondary aspect to being respectful would be complimentary to the other coach. Compliment their techniques used in handling their teams and the way they approach the game. Try finding similarities between the way the both of you conduct yourselves with teams. This similarity will ultimately lead to a close connection that can be used in the future as a reference or as vital information against an upcoming team.

3) Friendliness
Being friendly with other coaches will lead you to having a positive outlook with the other coaches. This positive outlook allows you to associate yourself with all the opposing coaches and it makes the other coaches want to know you as well. Thus by simply being a friendly, nice person you can achieve your goal of associating yourself with the other coaches in your field.

4) Direct Connections
Once all the other steps have been achieved you can begin to recieve and give out your person phone number or email address to directly connect yourself to the other coaches. Having a way to directly contact other coaches gives you additional support when coming up with strategies for different teams and possibly information other coaches knew about a certain team that you did not.

In summation, by achieving these four simple steps you can connect yourself to the peers in your field which is an important strategy for achieving your goals. Knowing all the coaches you play against will better your chances against their teams and other coaches teams because of all the insider information you will have. Hence, your job will become easier and you will become a winner in no time at all.