For 26 years spent at the helm of Manchester United Football Club, his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson, whose photo is located below, was able to win 28 trophies. By his own decision, the 2012/2013 season was the last in the Scottish coaching career. On the other hand, even though he worked in a club structure, he had a lot of time for memories.
Sir Alex Ferguson, whose biography will be released very soon, already does not hide his methods of work as a coach of one of the most popular and successful football teams on the planet. During a speech to students at Harvard Business School, he said that when he first arrived in Manchester, he immediately set out to build a completely new football club. Having information about the great role of working with youth for club traditions, the manager took a chance and made the main bet on youth. The fact that to achieve success with young football players is quite real, he was prompted by the coaching experience, even despite the fact that he was modest. And it was easy to find a common language with young people.
Sir Alex Ferguson claims that in many English clubs, losing a team in three straight matches usually ends with the dismissal of the head coach. Now this can be explained by the fact that a new generation of owners and managers require an instant result from the mentor. For several years, no one is going to wait for the completion of the team’s construction. The legendary Scot disagrees with this position, since winning a separate meeting can be called just a temporary success. Stability on the football field can be achieved only by building a team. Winning one separate match is a temporary success, according to Ferguson.
Another important aspect in coaching is the absolute power of a mentor over football players. Sir Alex Ferguson never had a problem even with the stars. He managed to establish such an atmosphere in the team that every footballer was ready to do everything in order to win every match, so he trained hard. According to the Manchester United multi-year helmsman, only the coach must decide when to conduct training and give a weekend, as well as choose tactics for each individual match. Otherwise, the mentor will not stay long. It was with such thoughts that the Scotsman came to Manchester, setting the goal to show himself more strongly in comparison with all the others.
Observation Sir Alex Ferguson calls the main component of his work. In the event that the coach sees any changes in the player’s behavior, he must take measures, because there can be several reasons for this, starting from banal fatigue and ending with family problems. In connection with this key to success often becomes the ability to see things.
Sir Alex Ferguson believes that a lot of money and comfortable conditions have made modern footballers more gentle compared to those that played 25 years ago. However, he is happy that he has learned to keep up with the times and not to stand in the same place. It is on the basis of these considerations that everything possible is done in Manchester to create the best training conditions for football players.