Marc Hill

Rod Davis

Notes from YNZ coaching conference 08

Execution

No regrets (don't look back in 5 years and say “I wish I did that”)

Look after number 1. No one else will.

Happy pills or sour pills – your choice.

Minimum information out (people talk, miss interpret and change sides).

In the end do “what is right”.

Be objective and realistic in determining the situation, but never loose faith you will prevail in the big picture.

Make tough calls as quickly as possible and tell people involved.

You don't have to put up with fools.

Trust your instincts and back your self, don't let others talk you out of what your experience tells you.

Real change means there will be stiff resistance by those who have a self interest for the status quo.

Confrontation will not see real change (unless you are in charge). Have to use reason and trickery.

You can only push people in the right direction, you can never get them all the way to where they should be.

The mind set and mental attitude is all important and needs to be a focus of any program, (head in the right place”.

Learn to embrace criticism. (Use it as a tool to make you better).

Only worry about things you can do something about.

Don't get emotionally involved.

Learn to be the best coach you can.

Enjoy life more.

Make an impact to the program you are with every day.

Don't talk down.

Be a 'can do' person, nothing is a problem (Mike Clark)

Be the best you can be and make the people around you the best they can be both as humans and sailors.

Be proactive not reactive.

Be a #1 draft pick for next season by doing your best for this season.

Earn respect by respecting others.

Values are woven into the fabric not painted on.

Always be consistent. Don't let rules, protocols or petty things get in the way of doing what is right.

Get better each day, even if by just a little bit.

Every so often stop and think. What you should keep doing, stop doing and should do.

Work out how to get the best out of each individual, it will be different for each person.

Enjoy the experience.

Tell your players why they should do something, not just “do it my way”.

Ask questions not tell.

Standing face to face is confrontational, side by side are equals.

Theory – practice – theory – practice, that is how people learn.

Understand the need to charge batteries, that is as important as practice.

Visual communication is more effective than works

Over analysing causes you to loose flexibility and creativity.

Don't ride the emotional roller coaster with each up and down in the program.

Focus on the big picture, don't let little things enter into your thinking.

Race with no history.

Success does not come from a well laid out program or training schedules, it comes from the players commitment to being excellent whilst doing them.

Swim all the way to the wall.

Intense, Efficient, Discipline, Tough.

A cookie cutter does not work. Individual programs do.

Programs need to be flexible, creative and fun – if they have a chance of working.

It's not about the time spent, it's about what you accomplish.

Work on your weaknesses, not your strengths.

If the ingredients and make of program are right, then little setbacks will not up set it. It's like a big fly wheel, once it gets turning nothing wil stop it.

Don't think about winning, thin about racing sail boats.

Takes two to lie, one to tell it one to listen.

Motivation beyond paycheck – passion and pride.

Great athletes and leaders have 4 things in common: Desire, Discipline, work, ethic and talent.