TMW
Roberto Samaden, head of Atalanta’s youth sectorspoke from the stage of the youth football event ‘About young people’ from Tolentino. Below are his statements collected by TMW: “I’ll tell you an episode, the coach saw the final of the Under 16 team. After the match he called me and told me the names and surnames of three that he wanted to bring to the first team. He just asked me how they were on a behavioral level. The message it’s clear: I bring on those who deserve it and who aren’t just good.”
Samaden then continued: “I think more and more that at a youth level the most focused and concise reference on the role of coaches comes from a singer, De Gregori, who in a passage from a famous song says something that should be the mantra of all coaches: ” Nino understood from the first moment, the coach seemed happy, he put his heart in his shoes, and ran faster than the wind”. This is the assumption that summarizes the skills of a youth coach, who must get the most out of each of the his boys, even from the poorest one, in my opinion, makes the difference between a good youth sector coach and one who could be an excellent second, a collaborator, but who lacks the ability to bring out the best. from everyone.”
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