Con 23 años jugaba en el Premiá de Regional. Se ganaba la vida siendo camionero y repartidor.
Con 25 años jugaba en el Cornellá de 3A. Trabajaba en una tienda de bicis.
Con 31 años debuta en 2A.
Con 32 años debuta en 1A
Con 33 años jugó en Europa.
Con 35 años fichó por el @CDTOficial, todos pensando que venía “a jubilarse”. Descendió el equipo a Primera Federación y quiso quedarse. Acabó con 19 goles, pichichi del grupo.
Ahora con 40 años vuelve a jugar en fútbol profesional y es pichichi de la categoría en Segunda División.
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Sir Alex Ferguson. A masterclass in coaching the technical, tactical and psychological…
Listen carefully to what Ferguson is doing here. He’s not simply demanding better football. He’s directing his players towards the behaviours required to produce better football. The passing is scratchy. The rhythm isn’t quite right. Players are forcing first-time passes when the situation doesn’t demand them. His solution? Take a touch. Get the ball under control. Make the passing fluid. Play the game properly.
And then comes the psychological challenge…
“No easing up. Come on now. Listen. Don’t let yourselves down here now.”
I love this because Ferguson is coaching performance and mindset simultaneously. He’s asking his players to improve their execution while maintaining their competitive standards. He’s demanding technical composure without a reduction in competitive intensity. And I think there’s something fascinating here about the relationship between attention, intensity and intent.
Attention first…
Ferguson wants his players connected to the information the game is offering them. The ball. The space. The opponent. The available passing options. The rhythm of play. Don’t simply pass first time because you feel you should. Recognise what the situation affords you. Sometimes the game demands an immediate pass. Sometimes it demands a touch. See the picture. Read the game. Execute accordingly.
Then there’s intensity…
“No easing up.” Ferguson wants his players engaged. Alert. Alive. Competitive. He doesn’t want a drop in urgency, a reduction in concentration or a relaxation of standards. But notice something important. He’s not asking them to rush. In fact, he’s asking them to do the opposite when the situation demands it. This is a crucial distinction in high performance sport.
High intensity doesn’t have to mean high speed.
A player can be fiercely engaged while remaining composed. They can compete with urgency without hurrying their actions. They can be mentally aggressive while taking an extra touch to execute with greater precision. There’s a difference between playing quickly and playing hurriedly. There’s a difference between being intensely engaged and being excessively frantic. Ferguson is asking his players to find that balance.
And finally, intent…
Ferguson wants purposeful football. Positive football. Proactive football. Players taking responsibility for the quality of their actions and the standards of the team. Not simply getting rid of the ball. Not playing hurried passes to avoid responsibility. Not allowing the game to drift. He wants conviction in execution. Players committing fully to their actions while remaining responsive to the demands of the game.
Attention. Intensity. Intent.
Three mental skills working together to influence how a player perceives, decides and acts. And there’s another layer to this that I find particularly compelling. Ferguson isn’t delivering a lengthy psychological lecture. He isn’t asking his players how confident they feel or whether they’re in the right emotional state. He’s giving them clear, actionable instructions that direct their attention and shape their behaviour. Take a touch. Improve the passing. Maintain your standards.
This, to me, is an essential part of great coaching. Coaches don’t always need to change how players feel. They can change what players attend to and what players do. And by changing attention and action, they may also influence how players feel. Better decisions. Cleaner touches. More fluid passing. Greater connection between teammates. A growing sense of control. One effective action can lead to another. One positive moment can become the next.
Mindset → Moments → Momentum.
Ferguson understood the importance of standards. But he also understood that standards have to be expressed through specific behaviours. Demanding excellence is one thing. Helping players recognise what excellence looks like, moment by moment, is another. And this is where the technical, tactical and psychological become inseparable. The quality of a player’s mindset influences the quality of their engagement with the game, which in turn influences the quality of their actions.
Perhaps that’s the greatest lesson from this clip. The best coaches don’t simply demand a better mindset. They coach the actions through which a better mindset is expressed. They help players stay connected to the game, regulate their intensity and execute with conviction.
High standards. High engagement. High intent. But never confuse urgency with rushing.
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