The profession of football coach is particularly stressful, and therefore potentially dangerous for health. Some say moreover that it would be at the origin of the death Monday, December 14 in the morning of Gérard Houllier, former coach of the France football team.
- Passionate about his job as a football coach, Gérard Houllier described it as particularly stressful.
- At the origin of many pathologies, daily stress reduces life expectancy.
“My entourage is very worried about my health, it’s true, my children, my wife. As far as I’m concerned, it just scares me for my physical health but passion always comes first. What I notice as I get older it’s that I find it more and more difficult to bear the results and to get close to the match. When you have finished your 5:30/6 p.m. talk, that you have to wait until 7 or 8 p.m. for the match, the two hours that are there, it’s horrible! How stressful! As evidenced by the current coach of AJ Auxerre Jean-Marc Furlan on France Infothe job of football coach is particularly stressful, and therefore potentially dangerous for your health.
“20% happiness and 80% confusion, worries and conflicts”
Some say moreover that it would be at the origin of the death Monday, December 14 in the morning of Gérard Houllier, former coach of the French football team, then of OL and Liverpool. Carried away at the age of 73 by his heart problems (he had just undergone an operation on the aorta, editor’s note), Gérard Houllier defined the coaching profession as “20% happiness and 80% confusion, worries and conflicts”.
As his doctors have recommended to him on many occasions, we can only advise those who have jobs that are too stressful to ease off as quickly as possible, even if it is a passion job. Too much daily pressure can in particular cause digestive diseases, cardiovascular disorders, infections, hyperthyroidism, as well as muscular or gynecological problems, not to mention mental problems (burn-out, depression, etc.).
55% of French people feel stress at work
Like the late Gérard Houllier, 55% of French people feel stress at work, at least once a week. While the profession of sports coach has never been evaluated, the sectors generating the most pressure within France are those of real estate (68% of employees), media and construction (67% of employees in both cases). In 2014, FIFA revealed that 25% of professional football players in European leagues suffer from mental illnesses related to stress and anxiety.
Yet barely 15% of workers feel confident enough to talk to their manager about their unhappiness, and only 9% are ready to inform human resources, according to the study. Workforce View 2020, conducted by the ADP Research Institute. Carlos Fontelas De Carvalho, President of ADP, laments: “despite several attempts by employers to tackle these taboos, there is still a long way to go before having open conversations on the subject. Discussing your health at work remains difficult, either for fear that it harm his career, either because of cultural sensitivities.”
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