Experiences Matter! - Vern Gambetta (Sun 29 May 2011)

Experiences Matter! - Vern Gambetta (e) (Sun 29 May 2011)

Experiences Matter!

It is not so much about the number of years of experience one has, the depth is what really counts.

Depth comes from experiences.

[It is p]ossible to have one experience many times over, [it is] more valuable to have a rich and varied [set of] experiences.

Here are some photos from the 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Championships, a great experience for us all, particularly Joanne and myself:

Team Photos (All Smiles) - 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Champioships - Wujin / China (Sun 01 May 2010)
Team Photos (All Smiles) - 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Champioships - Wujin / China (Sun 01 May 2010)
Team Photos (All Smiles) - 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Champioships - Wujin / China (Sun 01 May 2010)
Joanne, Serge and Geoff - 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Champioships - Wujin / China (Sun 01 May 2010)

Game-day performance is a manifestation of training and preparation - Phil Gould (14 Mar 2011)

Game-day performance is a manifestation of training and preparation.

It is a test of attitude and the ability to control your attitude under the pressure of challenge.

Timely advice from Phil Gould (Thanks to Steve for finding this quote).

Pacific Dragons Premier Women 500m Team - 2009 Australian Dragon Boat Championships - Kawana / Qld (Fri 24 Apr 2009)
Pacific Dragons Premier Open 500m Team - 2009 Australian Dragon Boat Championships - Kawana / Qld (Fri 24 Apr 2009)

Good leaders take their people to places they have never been before (Ricky Stuart on Wayne Bennett)

Ricky Stuart on Wayne Bennett (Sunday Telegraph - 12 Sep 2010)

Bennett's great talent is to encourage self-belief in his players. To give them confidence.

Many have said it over the years without ever understanding why.

His trick is that he can sell it.

As coaches we can all sit in a team meeting and tell our players that they'll dominate the opposition.

That we've trained harder for longer and that we're better prepared, that our talent is superior.

So that's what you've got to ask yourself: can you sell it?

Bennett can. And he can because he believes in it. That confidence, those beliefs, are then in everything he does.

It all sounds so simple, doesn't it? It's no harder than saying be true to yourself, which we can find in any self-help book. But if you keep peeling back the layers eventually you'll get to the soul of it, which is that it takes great courage to do that. [..]

Bennett wins the hearts of his players first.

With that he gains their faith and, with that, belief.

The rest all falls into place.

[..]

The most noticeable difference was the confidence in the players.

Joanne, Don (more to come on Don) and Jenny - Abreast in Australia 2007 - Kawana Waters (Sun 30 Sep 2007)

Collage - 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Championships - Wujin/China (30 Apr to 2 May 2010)

Collage - 2010 Asian Dragon Boat Championships - Wujin/China - Fri 30 Apr to Sun 2 May 2010 (picasa)