Dr Nico Furlan - Rowing for Gold
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This is a story of adaptation involving changing countries, languages, cultures and sports in a very demanding environment. Nico has just finished up a role with Chinese Rowing culminating with...
show moreSome of the key takeaways for me from this chat were that you need to do your homework before you embark on a coaching role in another country especially where the language and culture is so different. Nico was lucky he had experienced changing countries before and this was a massive help for his move to china.
In Australia we tend to have a very athlete centered style of coaching – be aware that this philosophy changes nation to nation and a coaching style that fits the culture is generally what is utilised.
And lastly as part of the coaching staff, sometimes you are required to speak up if you think what other coaches are doing is not what is best for the athletes and at the very least have that difficult discussion.
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