lexis4u: Extra Football Team Members

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 252 v.0.2

manager |n| the person in-charged of the overall affairs of a team, including the selection of match line-ups, first-team players, selling and buying of talents, and most importantly, tactical decisions; often used in British terminology, equivalent to the head coach in other usages.
caretaker manager |n| a person temporarily assigned to manage a team after its regular manager has been fired or has resigned.
coach (a) |n| the person who runs the training and fitness sessions of a club.
coach (b) |n| alternate term for the manager, the person who makes tactical decisions on the field.
head coach |n| the person in charged of running a team or club; a soccer coach’s duties include selecting the lineup & strategies in matches, buying or selling players, and scouting for new talents; he is found on a teams bench during a game, shouting instruction to players; in British terminology, the head coach is called the “manager”
lost the dressing room |n| a term which describes a manager in a situation where he has lost the confidence of players and is about to be fired; “dressing room” is an idiom which refers to the players of a team.
stewards |n| persons deployed during a soccer match to help in peace-keeping and prevent fans from getting into the field of play; they are distinguished because of luminous, neon-colored uniforms.

More Related to Coach

coerver coaching method |n| a way of teaching football skills that involves watching the films of great football players and breaking their moves into a number of steps which learners would follow one by one; named after famous Dutch coach Wiel Coerver.
conditioned play |n| a training condition where artificial restrictions are placed, such as cones, so players are forced to perform a specific skill, technique, or tactic.