ABSTRACT
According to Nitsch (1981) stress can be perceived from a biological, psychological and sociological perspective. In general, various stressors from a specific environment and particular tasks may result in a déstabilisation of a person. The consequences of long-lasting and severe psychophysiological, psychological and sociological stressors can either be overload in terms of fatigue or cognitive/emotional stress or underload in terms of monotony and satiation. The degree and duration of stress basically depend on the subjective evaluation of specific demands. In this respect soccer coaches especially at a professional level are almost permanently confronted with winning or losing and also with the manifold expectations and demands from club officials, players, referees, spectators and journalists. These aspects of stress were rarely systematically investigated up to now. There are only few studies which dealt with aspects of psychophysiological and psychological stress of soccer coaches.
