The "third man" at TSV Landsberg

Created: 09/28/2022, 08:00

By: Thomas Ernstberger

The "third man" at TSV Landsberg: assistant coach Martin Weiderer © Ernstberger

Landsberg - He comes from Lower Bavaria, once played in the district league for SC Zwiesel, the club from the "Mr.

Overhead kick" Klaus Fischer emerged.

"We never met in person, but I played with his nephew Markus," says Martin Weiderer (44).

Later he was on the ball for Dachau 65 in the district league, from 2007 as player-coach for VfL Egenburg.

After that, “the coaching track,” as he calls it, began.

The teacher at the middle school in Odelzhausen (since 2005), who lives in Kissing near Augsburg with his wife Heidi and their daughters Mila (11) and Neele (10), took over the Kissinger A-Jugend - and met the man who was responsible for it responsible for the fact that Weiderer has been on the sidelines as an assistant coach at TSV Landberg since this season: Sascha Mölders he himself.

That's when the common path began that led Martin Weiderer to the Bavarian league: "For the last three years I was Sascha's assistant coach in the A youth and the second team of SV Mering in the A class."

And how did it go to Landsberg?

Very simple: “When Sascha signed with TSV, he asked me if I would come with him.

And I immediately said yes.” So the Bavarian is now the “extended arm” of the player-coach duo Mölders and Mike Hutterer.

Both in the game and in training.

“The knowledge of human nature that I gained as a teacher and my experience as a teacher and psychologist help me.

Working with the athletes helps me in school," he says.

Doctored the boss

And what does Weiderer's work on the pitch actually look like?

"Sascha and Mike are the bosses, that's very clear.

I carry out their instructions during the game, tell them if I notice anything, but I will never make a substitution on my own.

That only happens in consultation.” The assistant coach also reveals what happens during the half-time break: “Sascha is responsible for the emotional approach, Mike explains with the tactics board and I say what I noticed from the outside.

And at the end there are a few words of encouragement from Captain Alex Benede.” If there is an emergency, Weiderer also helps out in the event of injury.

Just like in the test against Karlsfeld, when Huttterer fell on his shoulder: The CO sprinted to the other side of the field with the medicine kit and treated his "boss."

And what does the assistant coach at TSV Landsberg do in training?

"I organize everything.

In training, Sascha and Mike are primarily players and less coaches, so I want to relieve them of as much as possible, they shouldn't be distracted with trivial matters.

We always discuss the training plan in the afternoon.

And I don't shy away from handing out the bodices and setting up the hats.

The main thing is that the backs of the two bosses remain free.”

The player coaches are fully involved in the practice sessions (usually three times a week).

Weiderer: “Sascha and Mike go along with everything.

The tougher it gets, the more they're up there, even on the dreaded puke runs.

The two do not hold back because they are coaches.”

Weiderer has been at the line for 13 games, most of them successful.

From the A-Class to the Bayernliga – how big is the difference?

"It's something completely different, a whole new world of football for me.

It has nothing to do with what I've experienced so far," he admits.

I know where I come from and learn from Mike and Sascha every day.

It's like training with two bosses who have a completely different footballing life story than mine." And he admits: "In the beginning there was a lot of respect for these top players.

And the question: How do they react to someone who comes from the district class environment?” The answer has long been there: It fits between the “stars” and the “third man.”

The "all-round service" (such as washing the training clothes) and the "semi-professional structures" also inspire the Co. "Everyone comes to training here, there are always the same excuses that have been fed up with you for years, no more .”

Also very important: Martin Weiderer says what he sees differently from Mölders: "I take things less personally and emotionally than he does, I analyze soberly, represent my own opinion." Sascha likes that: "That's exactly why I want Martin to be there , because he doesn't follow my lips, but has his own opinion.

My opinion isn't always the right one..."

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And how does Weiderer see his future, does he want to be "boss" in the Bayernliga?

He doesn't have to think long: "There are no ambitions." And no long-term plans for the future either: "I only planned this season with Sascha - after that we will discuss how to proceed." And preferably after a happy ending : "The ascent would be nice...".