Our Great Coach on this episode is Baseball Coach Jon Deeble.
Jon represented Australia as a Baseball pitcher at the 1988 Olympics. He transitioned into coaching in 1994 in America as a minor league manager and hitting coach with the Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox.
In 2000 he became the Head Coach of the Australian team eventually leading them to the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. Then in 2011 he led the team to 5th place at the World Baseball classic, the country’s highest ever placing.
He became the first Australian to coach in the Majors when he became Boston's first-base coach in 2005. And from 2002 to 2016 he was the Head Scout for the Boston Red Sox in the Pacific Rim. In 2016 he joined the Los Angeles Dodgers' in the same role.
Jon was born with a mitt in his hand, thanks to both parents representing Australia at baseball. The sport has taken him all over the world, and allowed him to cross paths with some of the biggest names in baseball.
He is passionate about developing young talent; and global enough in his perspective, to know that you have to treat people as individuals if you want to help them succeed.
He is honest about his shortcomings as a coach and at the same time proud of his teams achievements, and the role that culture and leadership played in delivering them.
The other key parts of the interview were:
- His use of player psychological profiling to allow him to find the best way to communicate with individuals.
- How he encourages his teams to focus on the execution of their particular role in service of the greater goal of perfect execution for the team.
- Hs views on self-doubt, and how has a coach he knows there can be a problem when he expects more from someone than they expect from themselves.
- And how the great coaches are honest, are excellent communicators and not afraid to make hard decisions.
This was a wonderful conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as Jim and I did.
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