隨著網際網路的發達,各行各業均蒙受其利。由於網際網路提供了相當有用的資料查詢、訊息流通與情感交流的工具,因此,網際網路對運動教練的巨作也造成一定程度的衝擊與影響。這些衝擊與影響包括了教練須直接面對球迷的批判與指責,教練與球迷、選手的互動管道也增加了,而且教練也需要利用網路來蒐集相關訓練資料、對手情況與比賽消息,甚至利用網際網路完成比賽的參賽報名等有關工作。對於網際網路的使用,運動教練可有下列方式:一、建置個人特色網站,二、利用網路進行資料蒐集,三、隨時瀏覽相關網站,四、加入網路上的討論群組,五、善用電子郵件,六、訂閱有關領域的電子報。對於運動教練而言,應當充分注意到網際網路在體育運動巨的應用趨勢;有關單位也應舉行如何使教練有效使用網際網路的教學,或是提供網頁的建置空間,或是設立討論區以及發行教練實務的電子報等,以充分利用此一功能強大且無遠弗屆的新工具使相關運動訓練工作更易於推動,並可提昇教練能力與整體的訓練成效。
In recent years, everything changes and gets benefits rapidly and tremendous from various functions of Internet such as data searching, messages exchange, communication and so on. It also reveals its influence to coaches. For example, sport coaches may face their fans criticizing or blaming his strategy during the game. They may also gather related training information, opponent's condition and news of the competition, even contact organizer of the competition through Internet. The available solutions of coaches is described as following: 1. Building personal website, 2. Colleting data from Internet. 3. Browsing related website regularly, 4. Participating specified Netnews group. 5. Using email effectively, and 6. Subscribing e-news of particular topics. As a sport coach, he must realize the trend of Internet applied in exercise and sport. In order to utilize this powerful tool to their training work, the authority ma also provide related classes or free homepage, set up discussion area and publish e-news.