28 September 2008
Tip No. 7 An Olympian Habit
03/10/08 09:56 Filed in: Coaching
Tips
Take yourself
back just a few weeks to the GB men's coxless four
winning Olympic Gold yet again at Beijing - an
amazing performance! Those of us that watched it will
remember those last 250 meters for a long time.
I had the privilege the other day of meeting one of that team, Steve Williams, who was adding a second gold to the one he won in Athens in 2004.. He was alongside executive coach and colleague Simon Scott, as they gave a presentation on Steve's story and how this relates to coaching for tough times.
I was totally unaware of the challenges that this team had to overcome to win gold again... they had started to lose races after three years of winning easily and amongst other problems, each rower had back injuries in the preceding twelve months.
Clearly, there were may lessons to be learned for high performing teams and the leadership of those teams - their coach Jurgen Grobler has been coaching Olympic teams since 1972 and has never NOT had a Gold medal winning team! Of the many lessons presented one resounded with me as it is something close to my heart - that is the power of feedback... Read More...
I had the privilege the other day of meeting one of that team, Steve Williams, who was adding a second gold to the one he won in Athens in 2004.. He was alongside executive coach and colleague Simon Scott, as they gave a presentation on Steve's story and how this relates to coaching for tough times.
I was totally unaware of the challenges that this team had to overcome to win gold again... they had started to lose races after three years of winning easily and amongst other problems, each rower had back injuries in the preceding twelve months.
Clearly, there were may lessons to be learned for high performing teams and the leadership of those teams - their coach Jurgen Grobler has been coaching Olympic teams since 1972 and has never NOT had a Gold medal winning team! Of the many lessons presented one resounded with me as it is something close to my heart - that is the power of feedback... Read More...
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