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Suresh Srinivasan Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
How much and what Project management techniques can be applied in the role of coach or manager of sports team?
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Suresh Srinivasan Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Thanks all for shoring your perceptions.

One another dimension is, by adhering to project management principles, there is a high chances of improved success rates. But in sports, by applying PM principles, how the success will be measured?? Is it by winning trophy or winning league??

Liverpool is well managed english club with great reputation but havent won trophies for more than 13 years [before they won this year UCL] and not finishing top of the league for more than 20 years.
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Daire Guiney Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Jul 03, 2019 5:06 AM
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I suppose it would depend on what level of sport you are talking about. Whether its professional players or amature players in a team or individual sport. When money becomes involved in anything the level of commitment, time and energy spent on achieving the desired results also increases. Applying the principles of Porject Management Methodologies sich as PMBOK to the world of sport does occur at club, coach and sports agents level. Simple concepts of resource management, having enough players for seasons including possible injuries, working to a defind budget cap and timeline, managing players transfers and managing communication between stakeholders including fans and the media. As interest increases in all sports around the world, the level of porfessionalism will only increase and applying proven practises from other industries to sports will also increase.
When is comes to the administration of professional clubs, these clubs all have long term visions of winning titles, expanding their facilities and increasing attendances so a Methodology such as PMBOK gives them the time scale to allow these processes to occur.
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Bob Thomas Retired Brentwood, Tn, United States
My sport is auto racing and I've used Trello to manage vehicle repairs, parts purchases and other tasks and to assign work to teammates
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
If you want a detailed example, take a look at The Cyclist's Training Bible by Joe Friel. It covers in great detail about planning a season geared towards specific goals, with waves of sequential training focused on specific things, and recovery intervals between them. The way the training is planned and recorded provides a lot of valuable information on demonstrated improvement, as well as when you have over-stressed your body and need to take time off.

It might be specific to cycling, but there is a lot of crossover in the physiology.
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