Sunday 19 June 2011

Inspiring Performance


 What is it that inspires the best performance, even under the most stressful conditions? On the final day of the season for the Premier League, four teams playing their final match, were playing to stay in the league. Two of them would be joining West Ham in being relegated to the Championship. One of the Sports sections in the Saturday papers asked a player and a manager to reflect on what that experience feels like and what helps teams succeed under extreme pressure.

This is what the player said: ‘The most effective thing I have ever seen for a group of football players was to sit them down to watch a montage of their best pieces from the season. There was no negativity whatsoever, just highlight after highlight of skill, goals, inch-perfect through balls, crunching tackles, goal-line clearances, and great saves, all punctuated with shots of players hugging, high-fiving, smiling and laughing. Each player felt valued about his value to the team. So simple, but so effective.’

It works for the rest of us too!

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