Special cup with special comeback

First things first, happy 34th Independence celebrations, Zimbabwe, the soccer family and myself would like to salute the sons and daughters who sacrificed their lives to give us the opportunity to participate in world football. I remember in the 1960s and 1970s we were not allowed to enter the Callies Football Clubhouse (now AmaZulu Ground) because of our colour.

Congratulations to Lloyd Mutasa and his technical staff and the Zvishavane fans for winning the Independence Trophy. This is a special trophy, it gives you a special feeling and happiness and I did experience it too. I won it twice with Highlanders FC, won it for the third time with AmaZulu FC in 1999, played in the 1981 final as a player as well though we were runners up with Highlanders FC. That dramatic comeback can only come once in your coaching career.

Lloyd Mutasa, if you want to achieve more with your young players, a passing game is a good thing provided it has the end product which is getting in the opponents box by playing forward passing, forward thinking, forward running football. You left it late in implementing these moves. If the commitment you put in the second half you can put from the first minute of every game I can see you having a good season. Christmas comes once a year, keep up the good work of giving young players the opportunity to play, that’s the right way. Good luck!

Bantu Rovers vs Dynamos
Bantu technical staff I would like to share this with you. In any soccer game played there are 200 to 300 individual tussles within 90 minutes of the game and if you don’t win two thirds of these your chances of losing the game are bright. Your boys were not doing this in the second half hence you conceded those three goals in a short space of time.

Secondly, you let your opponents get to the ball first.
I would like to say this. For corners against you, you defend with all the players. Firstly, you are attracting opponents to come to you in big numbers, secondly some of your players have no one to mark in that box ending up confusing one another hence you conceded from such a situation.

Warning to administrators; this is just an analysis, don’t use it to fire coaches. They can be corrected at training sessions.
Qualities of a successful coach

Regardless of whether you are naturally lively and enthusiastic or quiet and shy there are particular personal qualities required by all coaches for them to be effective. These qualities need to be harnessed with coaching skills so that you can help the individual you coach to achieve their potential and enjoy football.

The qualities of a good coach might include enthusiasm, open mindedness to help other people improve without the positive personal qualities. The most skilled technical coach might not be able to help people learn effectively.

Players do not like to be humiliated in public, the coach who shouts all the time can easily become a bore. Too many coaches mistake volume for quality.

“Winning isn’t everything, wanting to win is.”

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