A coaching team usually includes from three to six persons. In the ideal case, all of them should meet the following criteria (listed in no specific order of priority):

1) High skills and experience in a specific task
    –  training of minigolf lanes
    –  testing different balls for their suitability as team balls
    –  fine-tuning of the team balls
    –  personal coaching of the players
    –  consulting the players with putting maps

2) Availability all year round
It is necessary for a coach to participate in the competitions and training of national team candidates all year round. He is an important member of the team, and should be seamlessly integrated into the team already during training in the home country. The commitment to work as a coach should cover a longer time period than only one or two competitions.

3) Physical stamina
The physical workload of coaches during competitions is often underestimated. A coach has less time for resting than the players, and often must be present at the minigolf course up to 10 hours daily.

4) Psychological calmness
A coach must often be a “lightning conductor” for the players, receiving any shock, aggression or protest of disappointment without losing his calmness. It is certainly one of his most important duties to respond with tranquility in critical situations, and to have a calming effect on the team players. He should also constantly encourage the players and strengthen their self-confidence. Instruction for these skills is given by sports psychologists in seminars during the long-term training of national team candidates.

5) Conflict resolving skills
Differences of opinion about the ball material, playing lines, etc., which may arise during a playing round or competition day, should not be discussed widely and publicly before the competition day is over. Also personal conflicts between players or coaches should be cleared up in private discussion, possibly using a moderator between the two hostile persons. Instruction for these skills is given in the seminars during long-term training of the national team.

6) Sincere personal contact
A coach must dedicate himself to the players whole-heartedly, and let them feel how important each one of them is for the team.

7) Knowledge about ball material
It is absolutely necessary that a coach has the ability to analyze the characteristics and behaviour of balls in changing weather conditions (temperature, wind, rain etc.), and knows how to react to the changing circumstances. Perfect fine-tuning of a team ball is often decisive for the outcome of a competition.

8) Playing skills
The duties of coaches include test-playing the lanes of the minigolf course, with diverse playing lines and balls, to be able to offer the best possible ball material and advice to the players. However, the coaches should not impose their own personal playing style and preferences on the team players.

9) Firm decisiveness
A coach needs firm decisiveness, especially in stressful situations during the competition. He may need to authoritatively change the ball material on a lane, if a different ball seems to be giving essentially better scores. He also needs to assist the players in making decisions about changing the playing strategy during rain, wind, etc.

10) Self-confidence
In the fine-tuning of a ball, or reading the line and break of a long putt, etc., a coach must make a perfectly trustworthy impression on the players. Even the smallest feeling of uncertainty is easily transferred to the players. Therefore all advice must be communicated to the players with perfect self-confidence.