Coach Wooden
Episode description
Welcome to another edition of the Leader Manager Coach Podcast, today your host Rob Ryles brings you the inspirational story of Coach of the century, Coach John Wooden. Hear how a legend and icon from the sport of Basketball has revolutionised the philosophy of coaching from a career spanning four decades.
Rob shares Coach Wooden's five key areas to success, and a definite thought process on teams, leadership, education and management. Hear how success is defined as ‘Doing your best' and not necessarily winning as it is your own internal standards that will tell you if you've been successful, not the scoreboard.
Rob dives into Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success a model honed, changed, altered and improved over 15 phenomenally successful years as a head coach. Finally, understand the mindset behind this incredibly successful coach and how he used the basketball court to develop great people, install respect and integrity in his players and create a team mentality, not one of individuals.
Key Takeaways:
- Meticulous plan your training sessions with high-intensity sessions all of the time. Work so hard so that the game is actually easier than the training.
- Over a period of time, develop players with a focused and funnelled intensity.
- Character is emphasized beyond the success of the team with the respect and acknowledgement of one another.
Coach John Wooden
- First class career in coaching spanning 40 years
- Only ever had one losing season in 40 years (his first season)
- Won 7 national championships in a row
- 88 game winning streak
- 4 perfect seasons
Coach Wooden's five key areas covered in his book - The Essential Wooden
- Definition of success
- Training sessions
- Attitude towards game
- Attitude towards the team
- Leadership
Best moments:
“Once you get into it it's a book you just want to devour”
“The joy is the journey, not the inn.”
“It's how you perform, not if you've won or lost”
“It's how you respond to challenges that determine if the seasons is a success of not”
“Develop a head, heart balance”
Valuable Resources:
The Essential Wooden - A lifetime of lessons on leadership
The Pyramid Of Success
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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