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With passionate, dedicated coaches comes thought-out coaching philosophies that drive their success. Similar to how a business is run, coaches use their unique coaching philosophy as a strategic tool to help guide their process of coaching in order to achieve objectives for the team.
TeamSportz has been working closely with Luke Toughey, Head Football Coach at University of Brighton. In speaking with him more, we’re able to tap into his thinking and understand why he’s successful. Read on to hear more about his coaching philosophy.
“I believe strongly that the most important job of a leader within an environment is to develop a culture that can withstand adversity and challenge, with it being of greater influence on success than an all singing all dancing strategy.”
“Designing and implementing a culture and long-term club development plan that seeks to improve every aspect in some capacity no matter how small the aspect or how small the improvement. These consistent improvements can work together to feed into short and long-term goals while also helping to build collective confidence, enthusiasm, and work ethic.”
“Successful cultures are built on collective beliefs, actions, trust, and honesty (BATH). It is therefore a leader’s duty to create the parameters of the culture to bring the members of the culture together, enhancing commonality.”
“I am a big believer in the subtle power of acronyms and wanted to develop one that could bridge the gap between culture and playing style/strategy. This led to the creation of what I call my football bias. I believe that Balance, Intensity, Adaptability and Sacrifice work as potent ingredients that with a strong enough combination of all 4 ingredients both in how we conduct on and off the pitch as a team then success follows.”
“As a leader I think it’s of fundamental importance to support people to remove limiting factors affecting their performance. By working with people and treating them with respect as professionals regardless of their role/speciality we can empower them to collectively remove interferences. Timothy Gallwey’s ‘Inner game equation’ – Performance = potential – interference (P=p-i).”
“Rich and unique experiences are key to learning anything deeply. We must as coaches create the opportunity for our players and staff to have experiences that will last with them and that they can carry through life.”
“Coaching is not prescribing the answer to every question and problem that exists. It is not realistic or achievable, for long-term development and learning to be achieved. We must create an environment that people can learn from through interactions with tasks, and interpersonal and environmental connections.”
“As Einstein stated ‘insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results’ to which I wholeheartedly agree. Innovation is only ever a thought away. If it can be perceived it can be achieved and therefore we must strive as coaches to challenge the status quo and try new and abstract ideas.”
