THE LOWDOWN EPISODE #82 - THE ART & SCIENCE OF COACHING w/ KANSAS CITY'S GERARD JONES

“Creativity is to find the rule and break it”.

Recently appointed as Kansas City's head of coaching, Gerard Jones has leveraged curiosity as a force multiplier in his career to date. Traversing continents in the search of knowledge and experiences to help shape the future player and coach. The mixture of an innate passion for the game alongside surrounding himself with the best ensured success was inevitable. In the midst of Gerard's persistent quest to educate and improve himself and those around him I was delighted to share in his accompany for an hour dissecting many facets of the game including;

- Translating curiosity into actionable insights which inform your coaching.

- The lengths and extents to which Gerard went to build a career in the game?

- Detailing the shift in coaching profiles coming through the game?

- Sensemaking in a VUCA world.

- What does the future game look like?

- Why is “Football coaching is an art underpinned by science”?

Timestamps;

00:00 - 14:50 - Intro

14:51 - 25:38 - Pracademic

25:39 - 37:10 - Player Development

37:11 - 47:08 - Cultural Considerations

47:09 - 53:46 - Innovation

53:47 - 1:00:20 - US v UK?

1:00:21 - 1:01:48 - Advice

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Gerard's Twitter; https://twitter.com/GerardJones?refsrc=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor