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Succeeding in Football
The process is the goal!
Football is a template for life, work & relationships!
Finding your purpose.
Commerce –The law of Supply and Demand
• Products. Market Demand Supply
• What makes something valuable? Short supply of products. Products that
people need or want.
• Example: are Diamonds valuable, if so why?
• Is the price manipulated?
• Rare = minimum supply, scarcity drives up value!
• Or excessive supplies drives down the value
• What else can drive demand?
• Emotions, some very smart people worked out that by targeting peoples
emotions can lead them to behave in ways that can be manipulated
• Branding, if people want it it can become valuable example Supreme
fashion label!
Football – as a commodity
• The Game is the Product the Market is the leagues/competitions
• Represented by players, officials, investors, sponsors and fans.
• The Main commodity are the players.
• The consumers are the fans.
• Clubs compete usually with $ to acquire the best players.
• The price of players is value driven/ how much value does the individual
bring to the club/team.
• Clubs use branding and winning to increase income for spending.
• Not all clubs operate the same way, some buy teams others develop teams.
The Players role!
• The game has a limited supply of positions and game time available.
• Part 1 - Players compete with each other for selection into a team.
• Part 2 – Team members compete with each other for minutes played.
• Part 3 – Teams compete against each other to win competitions.
• The role of the player is to prove to the selectors/coaches they deserve
most of the minutes available by performing consistently.
• Spaces available Rep sides 16 spots 11 play. Pro teams approx. 18-24 spots.
• Internal competition forces players to compete with each other for
minutes.
• Average rep season 25 games 1-3 finals 4-5 pre season friendlies 30-35
games. Average games 60/70 min 30 x 70 min = approx. 2100 min up for
grabs. About 35 hours per year.
How do you get maximum minutes
• Bribe the coach!
• Take out a few team mates!!
• BY INCREASING YOUR VALUE– How?
• By performing better than anyone one else, consistently?
• By understanding the “cals”??What are they? and how will it determine how
successful you become!
• The “cals” represent the six areas of development and performance which you
must understand, learn and live, day in day out.
• These are:
• 1 Technical 2 Tactical 3 Psychological 4 Physiological 5 Morphological 6 Philosophical
Technical
• Your ability with the ball. Must become a subconscious action.
• This is the first thing on the list because it is the most important.
Without a technical base you won’t go far.
• Technical ability, balance, coordination and form leads to skill.
• Skill is the execution of a particular technical action.
• Technique is mostly practiced in an isolated way focusing on
corrections.
• Skill is totally environmental because it relies on context.
• The greater the technique the more it frees up your peripheral vision
Tactical
• Your knowledge of the game
• Your understanding of the game
• Your ability to manipulate space and time
• Your understanding of systems
• Your understanding of roles in specific positions and areas of the field
• Your understanding of tactical elements
• Your ability to work in collaboration with other people
• Learning how to win
• Setting goals
• Developing strategies
Psychological
• Knowledge acquisition, perhaps the most important element of success.
• Mental strength, dealing with problems, having the right attitude.
• Resilience, accepting failure as a platform for growth.
• Grit, work ethic and the strength to never stop trying. Doing what needs to be done
which usually means putting yourself in very uncomfortable situations.
• Dealing with adversity. Injuries, selection issues, abusive team mates or coaches.
• Ability to communicate, to speak and to learn to listen, how you manage your body
language
• Having a growth mindset, not being a victim but a competitor, learning to take
responsibility for everything that happens to you.
• Emotional management, by being proactive not reactive, cortisol what does it do?.
• Concentration, the ability to focus and not be distracted from the task at hand.
• Sacrifice, doing what others won’t.
Physiological
• Your fitness level, cardio VO2 max
• Your sleeping patterns.
• Your diet, nutritional aspects
• Your recovery habits, time and effort
• These affect your endurance and performance
Morphological
• Your Body composition
• Knowing your personal capacity
• Strength, speed, velocity,
• Form, running style balance and coordination
• Body shape/composition relative to your playing position
• These lead to Performance enhancement
Philosophical
• Your why or your purpose.
• Principles which drive your values.
• The style of play.
• The belief system.
• The cultural aspects.
• The things that effect your behavior.
The 5 C’s - within the context of the Cals the 5 c’s are intertwined with every stage
• Creativity, ability to think outside the square, to solve problems in real
time.
• Critical thinking – must be able to play and think autonomously without
relying on constant instruction. Being able to decipher what's real and
what's fake.
• Communication – Speaking, Listening, body language, leadership, verbal
and non verbal
• Collaboration – working in groups, collectively finding solutions through
teamwork.
• Cooperation – Win win thinking, trust and being able to solve problems.
• Community – Defending principles that govern your values, the golden rule
treating others the way you want to be treated.
The 10,000 hour rule.
• It is commonly accepted that an athlete must complete approximately
10,000 hours of training with purpose to reach world class standards.
• 1000 hours a year over 10 years.
• 365 days 52 weeks a year 7 days a week
• Approx. 19.2 hours of dedicated training per week, 2.74 hours a day 7
days a week.
• Average rep player trains 2 nights with club 1-2 academy/school 2-3
hours on their own. Total approximately 8-9 hours per week for
approximately 10 months approx. 360 hours
The Good News
• You make your own destiny.
• Your environment
• Your thoughts
• Your influences
• Your beliefs
• Your attitude
• How much time and effort are you willing to put towards your goals