“The secrets of Venables’ success as a coach are not simple, but they are straightforward. He treats his players well, he gets them to enjoy themselves and, most profitably of all, he engages their minds.”
John Gregory: He occupied your brain. Everything he did was so imaginative. In the four years I was with him, he rarely repeated coaching sessions. There was always something new, and it made going to work feel exciting. And he wasn’t a dictator. It wasn’t ‘my way or no way’. He’d throw ideas back to you and invite you to have your say.
“The secrets of Venables’ success as a coach are not simple, but they are straightforward. He treats his players well, he gets them to enjoy themselves and, most profitably of all, he engages their minds.”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/02/sport.comment1
John Gregory: He occupied your brain. Everything he did was so imaginative. In the four years I was with him, he rarely repeated coaching sessions. There was always something new, and it made going to work feel exciting. And he wasn’t a dictator. It wasn’t ‘my way or no way’. He’d throw ideas back to you and invite you to have your say.