{"id":10335,"date":"2023-12-18T12:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/the-complexity-of-being-a-coach-lecture-at-the-university-of-deusto\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:07:34","slug":"the-complexity-of-being-a-coach-lecture-at-the-university-of-deusto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/the-complexity-of-being-a-coach-lecture-at-the-university-of-deusto\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complexity of Being a Coach \u2014 Lecture at the University of Deusto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n    .rm-article {\n        max-width: 860px;\n        margin: 0 auto;\n        padding: 60px 24px 80px;\n        font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;\n        color: #e0e0e0;\n        line-height: 1.85;\n        font-size: 17px\n    }\n    .rm-article__header {\n        text-align: center;\n        margin-bottom: 48px\n    }\n    .rm-article__badge {\n        display: 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class=\"rm-article__badge\">&#127891; Lecture &middot; University<\/span>\n        <h1 class=\"rm-article__title\">The complexity of being a coach<\/h1>\n        <p class=\"rm-article__subtitle\">Full lecture at the University of Deusto, Donostia &mdash; organised by the\n            Gipuzkoa Football Federation<\/p>\n        <div class=\"rm-article__meta\">\n            <span>&#127891; <strong>University of Deusto<\/strong><\/span>\n            <span class=\"rm-dot\"><\/span>\n            <span>Gipuzkoako Futbol Federazioa<\/span>\n            <span class=\"rm-dot\"><\/span>\n            <span>18 December 2023<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__intro\">\n        <strong>About this lecture:<\/strong> Robert Moreno was invited by the <strong>Gipuzkoa Football\n            Federation<\/strong> to deliver a lecture at the <strong>University of Deusto<\/strong> in Donostia (San\n        Sebasti&aacute;n). Under the title <em>&laquo;The complexity of being a coach&raquo;<\/em>, Moreno offers a deep\n        reflection on the multiple dimensions of the role: tactics, people management, media pressure and\n        decision-making under extreme pressure.\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__video-container\">\n        <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmyJFt1ltF4?start=54\"\n            title=\"Robert Moreno &mdash; The complexity of being a coach (University of Deusto)\"\n            allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n            allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__quote\">\n        &laquo;Being a coach is much more than drawing up a tactical system. It is managing people, emotions, egos,\n        expectations and pressure. And doing it all at the same time.&raquo;\n        <span>&mdash; Robert Moreno, University of Deusto<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"rm-article__content\">\n        <h3>A 360&deg; view of the coaching profession<\/h3>\n        <p>In this lecture, Robert Moreno goes beyond pure tactics to break down the full reality of what it means to\n            manage a professional football team. He addresses the tensions between the sporting and media sides,\n            managing a multicultural dressing room, the loneliness of decision-making and the need for comprehensive\n            preparation encompassing leadership, communication and sports psychology.<\/p>\n        <p>The talk forms part of the training activities organised by the Gipuzkoa Football Federation for active and\n            aspiring coaches, and represents a recognition of Moreno&#8217;s authoritative voice in the field of coach\n            education.<\/p>\n        <h3>Educator and speaker<\/h3>\n        <p>This lecture at Deusto joins other appearances by Robert Moreno in academic and federation settings, such as\n            his talks at <strong>INEF<\/strong> (National Institute of Physical Education) and at the <strong>Royal\n                Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)<\/strong>, consolidating his profile as an educator and communicator\n            of football knowledge at the highest level.<\/p>\n        <p>An essential talk for anyone interested in understanding the real complexity of coaching at a professional\n            level, beyond the headlines and media oversimplifications.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SmyJFt1ltF4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"rm-article__cta\">\n        Watch the full lecture on YouTube &rarr;\n    <\/a>\n    <p style=\"margin-top:48px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/prensa-3\/\"\n            style=\"color:#c9a962;text-decoration:none;\">&larr; Back to Press Room<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#127891; Lecture &middot; University The complexity of being a coach Full lecture at the University of Deusto, Donostia &mdash; organised by the Gipuzkoa Football Federation &#127891; University of Deusto Gipuzkoako Futbol Federazioa 18 December 2023 About this lecture: Robert Moreno was invited by the Gipuzkoa Football Federation to deliver a lecture at the University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,58,62,74,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-cat","category-leadership","category-methodology","category-press","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10827,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10335\/revisions\/10827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robert-moreno.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}