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Inspirational interview with recently retired international rugby union referee Wayne Barnes - probably the top referee in world rugby. He writes 'reset' on his hand every match. Looking at this reminds him to reset to keep his performance free from distractions (such as crowd pressure, worrying what the coaches will say, what the papers will write, trying not to upset someone). He also talks about displaying a human side with the players, and apologizing when he gets a decision wrong. So many leadership learnings we can apply to the workplace from this example. 'Resetting' to maintain focus and performance. Demonstrating humility, honesty and vulnerability in our daily work. #reset #leadership

Leny Yoro, 13/11/2005. CB, 190cm, France -Defensive Traits: seems to have the necessary skillset for a top league, likes to step up and deny the play, preventing the turn and forcing his opponent wide when defending centrally, able to use his length effectively on sliding tackles, has displayed a minor weakness defending far post crosses and lost his opponent on a few occasions. Despite his age, he was the one to coordinate the defensive line, great tactical awareness to align and put offside traps into effect -Physical/Mental Attributes: extremely pacey, enabling him to defend wide areas, suitable for teams wanting to maintain a high defensive line, tall and lean, despite his lack of physical strength, was able to win a good amount of 1v1 duels, excellent aerial ability, needs to improve his pressing intensity if he is to compete in a high tempo league. Displayed the desired composure and patience to identify his teammate's moves and find the spare player to relieve his team when under pressure, needs to improve his concentration and take fewer risks in dangerous zones, as he could get exposed against higher quality opponents -In Possession (on ball): watched him as an rcb and as a rb on few occasions, excellent ball control and technique, able to switch the play with long diagonal passes, ideal for a team wanting to build up from the back, prefers to receive the ball on an angle, does not use his weak foot on a regular basis, should work on his agility when having the ball Excellent prospect, teams should monitor his situation and gather information regarding his intentions, might be a bit too expensive if he starts as a regular next year #scouting #football #ligue1

part two #weekend #football #performance #scouting#footballscouts #playerdevelopment Whenever Guardiola was the better side during the game and lost, he did not show anger, nor did he let his emotions lead him to blame the winning side, their style, or criticism the way they won; he only praised his opponent, emphasizing that nothing happens by chance, and when he won when he wasn't the best, he also praised his opponent. Guardiola may have great loyalty to his method, but he realizes that in a game as unpredictable as football, there are dozens of ways to achieve the same goal: winning, and in order to get it, Pep spares no effort; a man obsessed with details like no other, who has spent his entire life trying to find solutions, the most painful thing for him is to see one of his players in a puzzled position; a position that asks him an unanswered question on the pitch. You may not like him, you may not agree with his vision of the game, you may not like the way he manages his teams, but it is hard not to respect his constant and tireless desire to enter his battles in the best possible way; well-groomed, with perfect answers, and even more so his relentless pursuit to be the initiator and the one with the hand on the field. every time, to be the initiator and have the upper hand, and if he happens to lose, to gain the respect of the world, which is greater than any victory. Today's wisdom comes from French philosopher and writer Albert Camus: "Football taught me to win without being a god, and to lose without being cursed." is not just a game where you score a goal or win a match against the opponent team football is much more than that .

I have not posted football related content on LinkedIn thus far, maybe I should post it sometimes. What this post is about is not only about football,but one of brilliant leadership. Ofcourse we won the Carabao cup or the league Cup, probably the least valued of trophies in England, but considering the circumstances it is not lesser than any CL kinda triumph and none of this would have been possible without the man here, Kloppo and his exemplary leadership skills and technical ability. Three lessons to learn 👆Making the best out of adversity: With such a paper thik squad due to injuries and despite losing Ryan in the first half itself, he used his technical ability to shuffle the entire formation with going on for like to like changes. It is always important to have a solid alternative plan. 💪Keeping the team motivated: It is easy to get bogged down when the team is a hospital and you are facing a team of stars like Chelsea with academy grads, but he instilled belief and hunger in them, and you could see it from how they ran Chelsea out in extra time. ✋Standing up for your team: Kloppo has always been at the front, leading and protecting his team. His refusal to shake hands with ref Kavanagh again showed it. It was disgraceful refereeing and seemed like they almost had an agenda not to let us win- with not even a card for Caicedo's tackle and the "technical offside". Kloppo is a genius, a true leader, we have learnt so much from him. Will be very difficult to see him not being on our dugout next season, maybe trophies can change his mind.