Our Great Coach on this episode is Lisa Alexander.

Lisa Alexander was the coach of the Australian Netball team, known as the Diamonds, from 2011 to 2020. She finished her tenure with an 81% winning record.

Her coaching journey started in country Victoria, before she progressed to coach the Melbourne Phoenix in the national competition, taking the team to two title wins in 2002 and 2003.

She was appointed head coach of the Australian U21 netball team in 2006.

Lisa coached the Australian National team for 102 matches; winning 83 of those games. She oversaw gold medal successes at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 Netball World Cup, as well as silver medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 Netball World Cup.

Lisa is an articulate and passionate coach; who speaks candidly about the issues propelling elite performance. She has high expectations and standards and you will hear here talk about this in the context of team culture; and the “sisters in arms” trademark that she introduced.

Other highlights of the discussion for me included:

Expecting her players to not only become leaders on the court but also aspiring to be a Prime Minister off the court
How google look for employees with coaching experience
And how coaches csocializing with athletes can create problems within the team.

If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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