Glasgow Warriors | World Book Day 2023
For World Book Day 2023 we are shining a light on the books our colleagues have read that have made a tangible impact on their careers.
In this article, you will hear from our colleagues in our Athletic Performance department as they share the books that have influenced them.
?? Hené Branders ; Senior Team Physiotherapist; 'OPEN' by Andre Agassi
Open was the first sports autobiography I read as a qualified physiotherapist. Up until this day, it reminds me to treat the psychological aspect of an injury when working in professional sport, not just the physical injury itself.
In OPEN world-famous tennis player Andre Agassi, details his struggles and successes in professional sport. This helped me develop processes to assist athletes struggling to find a way to appreciate their own self-awareness and balance, whilst trying to handle the constant pressures and difficulties that come with being the best player in the world.
OPEN is a must read when working with athletes, as it emphasises the deepest and prolonged inner-struggles with the physical and psychological tolls of professional tennis. These lessons apply across sports, wherever you may find yourself working.
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?? Cillian Reardon ; Head of Athletic Performance; 'Good to Great' by Jim Collins
I love this book because of how it explains the fundamentals of performance. It does this through its analysis of businesses and how the process of greatness applies everywhere.
Greatness is not about boom performance, but about consistent performance, through disciplined systems for goal achievement.
In Glasgow Warriors' performance department that means we’re not looking for rock star performances from our Athletic Performance or Medical colleagues but a disciplined approach to developing world class players by building effective systems. A consistent marginal gain over competitors in each of our performance pathways over time compounds to a world class performance department with world class outcomes.
Paradoxically, it’s the commitment to systematic process that frees up the members of our performance team to add their individual brilliance to the process. A process which is very much the same for our players.
MSc, CSCS
1 年How about Legacy by James Kerr? A brilliant book which gives insight into how the All Blacks became the most successful sports teams in history. Practical points which can be applied to sport, business and life in general. Highly recommended.
Technical Project Manager, Critical Technologies Accelerator (CTA), at the University of Glasgow.
1 年How about "Failure Is Not An Option" by Gene Kranz, former flight director, NASA? The Washington Post describes it as "A story not of technology but of technique, a blow-by-blow account of heroic teams overcoming adversity..." It's a book I've read umpteen times, and it never gets old - a ton of geeky space race detail, for sure, but also a real insight into the man, and his team, behind making possibly the biggest technical challenge at the time, getting a man on the moon, a reality.
?? Comment the books that have influenced you the most ??