Manisha Tailor praises former QPR manager Chris Ramsey
Wednesday 5 October 2016 14:43, UK
Manisha Tailor says former QPR manager Chris Ramsey has been a major influence in her coaching career.
QPR appointed Tailor, who completed her UEFA B License last year, as a part-time academy coach in September.
Working under well-respected British coach Ramsey, Tailor is responsible for the under-9 and under-11 age groups as she continues her footballing education.
"Chris is a huge influence, especially gaining access to an academy environment," said Tailor, who gave up her job as a teacher to pursue her football dream.
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"But Chris also comes from a teaching background so he has the unbelievable capacity to scaffold and break down learning.
"So for me in terms of my growth and development as a coach watching Chris and shadowing Chris has been great."
Ramsey spent nine months as QPR head coach until losing that job in November before being appointed as technical director at the club, and the 57-year-old stresses his coaching team was decided on merit.
"I look at coaches as coaches," Ramsey said.
"She has come to the club and earned her spurs coaching and we just take her on for what she brings in, which is enthusiasm and the ability to develop the players.
"People should just look at the coach for what they can bring to the game or develop the players and take it from there. Try and develop that coach in your own club's philosophy."
Despite being one of a very small group of women currently working as a professional football coach in the UK, Tailor still believes the FA are doing enough.
"There's quite a lot in my opinion being done now particularly recently with the FA's strategic plan on the women's game," the female coach added.
"There's a lot of development programmes on county FA's so they have a female only coaching programme for those who might feel a lot more comfortable in that environment.
"There's also bursary schemes available for women so in relation to playing for course they are now subsidised."
