Mind the Gap

Chris Milicich

Identification or

Selection

Selection is removing players

with the current ability to

succeed in games that are

taking place in the near future

Identification is the prediction

of future performance based upon an

evaluation of current physical, technical,

tactical and psychological qualities

John O’Sullivan – Changing the Game

LONG-TERM

Culture of

Significance*

*Ralph Pim

BE MORE CONCERNED WITH YOUR CHARACTER

THAN YOUR REPUTATION, BECAUSE YOUR

CHARACTER IS WHAT YOU REALLY ARE, WHILE YOUR

REPUTATION IS MERELY WHAT OTHERS THINK YOU

ARE

– John Wooden

coach

Players

Team

Team

• Lack of Trust

• Selfishness

• Complacency

• Thunderbolts

• Create a culture that

develops

– You the coach

– Them the player

– Us the group

• Identification

vs selection

• Long Term

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