What coaches say

"We never talked about the games as being key to their development, however we did discuss what each game was for and what we should learn from it. I didn't know how crucial this game-centred approach would be either until I saw how well it had come together at the end of the season."
 - Mark Norton

". . . the athletes were the principle architects of our defensive patterns. The Black Sox culture encourages creativity; every idea was respected and cherished."
 - Don Tricker

". . . for us the team culture was fantastic in Jamaica … it was the X factor for us."
 - Ruth Aitken

"Success is winning, but the concept of winning is bigger than the score. Winning is about creating the opportunity for players to be able to perform to their best. In a team environment, the challenge is that all perform optimally at the same time."
 - Leigh Gibbs

". . . the ultimate goal is that I can actually walk away from that team and know that they don't need me and they can say, 'We did it' …"
 - Ian Rutledge

". . . it is not what I know; it is what they [the athletes] know that is important."
 - Mike McHugh

". . . a lot of how I want the team to race and how to be is part of a big picture. I want people to be able to take what we learn in sport and transfer that learning into everyday life."
 - Nathan Fa'avae

"We all jointly own the decisions made. If you don't input into the decision-making process then it is assumed that you agree with the decisions made. Hadyn Keys that was one of the things where it showed to me that we had matured a lot, was that everyone had ownership of that even though it didn't necessarily fit exactly what they were going to use."
 - Richard Ussher

"Maybe that's a key to a successful team: one which has roles assigned but enough skill within the team to allow those roles to change depending on how people are feeling at the time."
 - Kristina Anglem

"People will rise to the challenge if it is their challenge."
 - Wayne Smith

"Over long campaigns, teams operate more as communities; I think the best ones do. That allows the freedom for the way in which it can develop and grow."
 - Lyn Gunson

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