Team Talks, Motivation and Inspiration

Leader Manager Coach Podcast

‘All Blacks coach Steve Hanson has not conducted a single pre-match team talk in the 7 years he has been in charge at the All Blacks'

Steve Hanson's philosophy is that he leaves it to his playing staff to make the decisions for themselves and their passion excitement and phenomenal commitment is evident whenever they play.

In this episode, Rob explores the team talk and its role in motivating and inspiring. Listen in now to hear about the different ways team talks are used in driving successful footballers forward.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Steve, the backroom staff and the players believe that they don't need to be motivated by someone else as they are totally self-motivated.
• Why would people who have sacrificed so much and worked so hard to reach sporting excellence need motivating?

• It's up to the staff to create the right environment so the players are in peak physical and mental condition. This enables the players to be in the right frame of mind to make successful decisions when on the pitch.
• It's about creating the right environment so you can grow the correct culture and develop the players, individuals and ultimately the team to be able to make their own decisions.
• If you constantly and regularly give direction and people expect to be directed then the requirement is for the third party to absolutely get it right.
• If you train and coach people to make their own successful decisions you will create better leaders with more responsibility and capability.
• You will be creating a situation where those people who are most capable of making those decisions that are required in a split second are able to make them.

• If you create the leaders and strategists that understand, you will be better placed for the longevity of success.
• There is a massive difference between the world of results in the professional game and the world of development in the youth and academy game.
• In the youth phase, we are looking at helping players to improve personally and they have space and the time to do that.
• In the results phase it's all about playing a particular way and sticking to a task and applying yourself there and then to get the results.
• Essentially it's down to the individual we are all our own people and you cannot try and be someone else or be like somebody else and carry it off successfully.

• We can all look at great people in our spheres whether its business, politics or sport and identify successful strategies that we could use in our own armoury.
• Should people be motivated  from the inside absolutely, because intrinsic motivation is much longer lasting than extrinsic motivation.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Leadership was already on the pitch'

‘We give players the chance to improve, it's not about having the finished article'

‘One of the wonderful things about Sir Alex was his ability to say the right thing to the right person at the right time'

‘Rather waiting for someone else to provide instruction, The decisions were made by the players'

‘There are the managers who just have something about them'

‘He got them to believe it was their day, that they could do it'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Leader Manager Coach Podcast

Steve Hanson NZ Herald Article

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Ryles is a UEFA A licensed coach with a League Managers Association qualification and a science and medicine background. He has worked in the football industry in Europe, USA and Africa; at International, Premiership, League, Non-League and grassroots levels with both World Cup and European Championship experience.

Rob Ryles prides himself on having a forward thinking and progressive approach to the game built through his own experience as well as lessons learned from a number of highly successful managers and coaches.

The Leader Manager Coach Podcast is where we take a deep dive examining knowledge, philosophies, wisdom and insight to help you lead, manage and coach in football, sport and life.

 

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