Tag: winning mentality

For McCann, mentality is everything. You cannot be worried about getting hit; you have to want the goal enough to put yourself there, even if it goes in off your foot. In training he never lets an exercise stop until the ball leaves the circle, and his video sessions highlight players who take up scoring positions even when the ball never arrives. Watch the full masterclass: 9 yard scoring.

Potter’s question is not how he wins games but how he sets the team up to win them: communication, skills, mental preparation and taking players towards what they want. Get that process right, he says, and they go out and win it themselves. If the win matters more to the coach than to them, he reckons he is in the wrong job. Watch the full masterclass: Culture relating to performance.