The Rise of Garuda

Indonesia has made massive progress under the South Korean Coach, Shin Tae Yong. Since his arrival, The Garuda made the biggest climb up of FIFA ranks from 174 to 129. Indonesian football supporters put their trust in him because of what he has done for around 4 years. But, are those impacts made instantly? Of course, no. There is a long process behind it and it started from fixing particular things inside the Indonesian National Team. 


Rule number one: Discipline

Coach Shin always emphasizes the word “discipline” and those who do not obey will be getting rid of the team. Several players were being kicked out from the team because they were undisciplined, even though they were showing good performance in their club. It doesn't matter how good you are.


The Uses Young Player

The Korean Manager uses the young player that had played for the Indonesian National Team with previous managers. He chooses several player aged around 20 years to be the project of the team and sticks with them. Therefore, along with his tactics, they will get used to it when they reach their prime age. Coach Shin also persuade the players to go abroad-particularly European, Japan and Korean League-in order to get more experience and knowledge of Football.


The Diasporas 

Not only using the local players that played in the Liga 1 which is the local league, Shin Tae Yong also uses diaspora players that played in outside Indonesia. The diaspora is usually a player that has Indonesian Blood either from his parents or his grandparents. These diaspora players became the powerful ammunition since they play in European League which has better standard culture of football and better understanding of tactical instructions.


Youth Team

Shin Tae Yong applied his tactic to the age-level national team in order to familiarize the players with the tactics. So, if they are chosen to play for the senior team, they will easily adapt to the tactic that the coach has been utilizing. Youth team project also prepares the physical aspects of the player. Indonesian players tend to be shorter than other Asian teams that are at the top level. Regarding the height issues, one of the qualifications of being a national team player is that they must have height about 170-180cm. They are still young and able to be more tall with the help of coaching programs at a young age.


This program has resulted great players and a superb team structure. Align with that, Indonesia Football Team has made several new records, such as reaching the Round of 16 in the Asian Cup and reaching the Third Round of World Cup Qualifier for the first time. After what has been Coach Shin done, and also the hashtag “#TrustTheProcess”, Indonesian Football Supporters are putting their trust in him because they feel that he is the most perfect coach that suits the team after several changes of coaches. They also changed their way of thinking from “instant result” to “trust the process” and they have been declared to always support Coach Shin on his coaching project. 

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