A Life Back From The Brink & Three Shiny Pennies
Episode description
Stuart Watkiss is a an ex-footballer turned professional coach, who's spent a significant part of his life in developing Bangladesh's players of tomorrow.
Stuart's journey through life has been one of resilience, challenge and fortitude. As he discusses in this week's show, these are qualities he has taken from his story, his personal challenges, working hard to transfer to the hearts and minds of successive generations.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- An apprenticeship in football is a tough life. From a young age you need have a mind-set that can allow you to install routines, and you do need to make many sacrifices.
- Young players these days should receive a comprehensive education in not just the game itself, but also the disciplines that have turned boys into men.
- Success comes through discipline and sacrifice, but ultimately, we must never trade our lives and happiness completely, in exchange for moments of victory.
- We must make sure we live up to each day's potential. We can never turn back the clock and alter the mistakes or missed opportunities. The greatest lesson we can learn is to simply live.
BEST MOMENTS
‘If you don't clean properly, you're not going to find the pennies'
‘Family will always come first'
‘It's like standing on the shore and watching your son drown'
‘You can't always save them. Get them to the experts'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
ABOUT THE GUEST
Stuart played profession football in a career that included Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall, Mansfield Town, Hereford United.
He has since forged a successful coaching and management career in England and abroad. He has worked in various management and coaching capacities at Mansfield Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Barnsley and Grimsby Town whilst more recently he has been developing his career in India and Bangladesh. Stuart is currently assistant coach for The Bangladesh National Team.
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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