A father told his daughter, "Congrats on your graduation. I bought you a car a while back. I want you to have it now."
Before I give it to you, take it to a car dealer in the city and sell it. See how much they offer.”
The girl came back to her father & said: "They offered me $10,000 dollars because it looks very old"
Father said: "Ok, now take it to the pawn shop".
The girl returns to her father & said: "The pawn shop offered $1,000 dollars because it's a very old car & a lot of work done".
The father told her to join a passionate car club with experts & show them the car.
The girl drove to the passionate car club.
She returned to her father after a few hours & told him, “Some people in the club offered me $100k because its a rare car that's in good condition.”
Then the father said, "I wanted to let you know that you are not worth anything if you are not in the right place. If you are not appreciated, do not be angry, that means you are in the wrong place. Don't stay in a place where no one sees your value ."
The moral of the story : Know your worth and know where you are valued. A diamond doesn't shine on the bottom of a cave.
True engagement in the Coach-Team relationship begins when we all understand that not only is the Team the Coach’s responsibility; the Coach is the Team’s responsibility. The relationship only works when we work on the relationship.
When you pass the ball you are not giving away responsibility, you are accepting it. You are making a decision to create advantage for the Team by giving the right pass to the right person at the right moment. Make your pass make a winning difference.
We know if we take short cuts in preparation we can’t learn to go the distance in the arena. We know that taking the easy way is no preparation for facing the hard way in the arena. So we don’t Just do the hard yards; we do hard yards plus. That’s why we win
As coaches we are not there to make a decision for the athlete nor to give them a solution. We prepare athletes to learn from the experiences we create in training and from the arena itself, to make their own decisions and create their own solutions.
There is no point in talking systems and tactics if the basic skills are not consistently brilliant in their execution and robust under pressure in the arena. So we put basics first, constantly practicing them, then putting them under pressure in training
On this cricket ball tampering thing.. I’m trying to picture being in the European team room before the last day in Chicago 2012 and me or JMO or another established player saying... right lads we’re well behind, shall we cheat today? 🤦🏽♂️shocking!
Best quote I have heard from a Rugby coach for a while. “We want the players to try things & not to be fearful of making mistakes. We want them to explore & bring their strengths to the game.” John Fletcher. 👌🤓
In designing sport or business strategy six essential tensions must be managed:Long Term Goal v Short Term Targets; Creativity v Discipline;Challenging v Supporting;Top down Leadership v Taking Ownerhip;Personal CPD v Pressure for Results;Going by the Book v Doing the Right Thing
Team’s Values and the Attitudes and Behaviours that we need to achieve our purpose, are not things you agree to and comply with: they are things you commit to and engage with or they are worth nothing.