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Holger Seitz has been working in the youth department at FC Bayern since July 2015.
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Is too much taken away from talent on the way to professional football?
At least that's what Holger Seitz, U23 coach at FC Bayern, believes.
Munich - It's been nine years in summer.
On July 1, 2015, Holger Seitz was hired as a youth coach at FC Bayern.
The ex-professional looked after the U17, U19 and - as has been the case since the departure of Martin Demichelis - the U23, the most important team in the transition from youth to professional level.
“Hard but honest.
The boys want that too.”
Holger Seitz on how he deals with FC Bayern's talent.
The 49-year-old has accompanied many talents on his way to the top.
He has trained Angelo Stiller from VfB Stuttgart, Werder captain Marco Friedl, Josip Stanisic, who is on loan at Bayer Leverkusen, and Aleksandar Pavlovic and Frans Krätzig, who have been regular members of Thomas Tuchel's squad since the start of the season, since 2015.
His approach with the young boys is simple: “Tough, but honest.
The boys want that too,” says Seitz in an interview at ran.
He makes it clear that in the environment of aspiring youngsters “everything is often seen too positively.
My experience is that the coaches are the only ones who are really honest with the boys." In his opinion, the right personality is only developed when the players can cope with resistance and gain their own experience: "In the decisive situations in the game the trainer has little influence.
You have to be able to make decisions for yourself.”
Due to Pep Guardiola's game idea, there was "too little focus on the fundamental things of football"
This is also why it is important to Seitz to instill the winning gene into the boys at FC Bayern II in the Bavarian Regional League.
“How is a player of ours supposed to cope with all the pressure in the 1st team when we in the 2nd team talk about how the result isn’t that important because we want to train,” asks Seitz and immediately gives the answer.
“The mentality of wanting to win the game and bringing Mia san Mia onto the pitch is a crucial factor in training.”
Interesting: Pep Guardiola, who was responsible for the professionals in his first year at FC Bayern and whom many coaches emulate because of his game idea, has also caused problems in German football.
“There was too little focus on the fundamental things of football - be it the passing game, the heading game or the tackles,” says Seitz.
“We oriented ourselves too much to the way that was played at the top.
This has been lost in the training of talent.”