The world of rugby is not different from the world of football after all. The value of culture, teamwork, and the team members are some of the similarities. Most importantly, great leadership produces great team play in both sports.
On today's episode, Rob shares phenomenal lessons he learned The Edge Podcast. It was an episode where Joey Barton interviewed a Rugby Union member from Saracens. Rob gives examples how these lessons in rugby could be purposeful in football, in other professional sports, and other things.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Be prepared to make brave decisions and follow up on those. Be professional. Embrace reality, learn to let go stuff, and don't tolerate substandard performance.
- Focus on your relationships so they know how much you care. Make them feel important. Be more resilient about the mental health of the team.
- Be as efficient and learn by making everything as specific as possible towards the end.
- Keep it simple. Have an established clear and shared vision of the team.
- Don't underestimate the power of communication. Practice 2-3 times a week update on the team's performance. Make all data available for everyone. Assessment of their performance becomes more efficient.
- Develop leaders by allowing your senior players mentor the junior players. Form a healthy communication by good leadership. The team
- Focus on virtues, characters, and successful outcome. Know the vision of the club. Value, honesty, integrity, and punctuality.
- Make sure that on your journey, you make memories and have fun!
BEST MOMENTS
- “We need to have courage and conviction. We need to make brave decisions if we want to stand out in our field.”
- “if you know your head coach really cares about you, wants you, and has you in his plans, then it's highly likely that you're gonna listen to what he says and be on board with his plans.”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE HOST
Rob Ryles is a UEFA qualified 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.
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