Advice for Developing Coaches - Tony O'Connor, Coach of Kiwi Eight Olympic Champions in Tokyo (2021)

Coach to the Olympic Gold Medal winning Eight, Tony O'Connor discusses his advice for younger, less experienced Rowing Coaches with Martin Cross.
This interview was part of an extended Crossy's Corner, you can see the whole thing here: • Crossy's Corner with T...
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[@ianjosephrandall]

Dear Tony, I was watching your interview with Martin and want to thank you for your comments regarding education and self-education. I am conducting my PhD on Design Innovation in Rowing, you could say it is trying to understand design adoption hesitancy in our sport. Can I ask, to what extent do you feel a coach is able to act on adopting a novel design innovation? It is one thing to say that a coach has to educate themselves, listen to their athletes and be open to new ideas ... my question is ... do coaches have the capacity to go beyond orthodoxy? I would love to understand your thinking on this. Kind regards, Ian Randall

[@LudumHQ]

Hi Ian, Pleased you enjoyed the live interview! Why not try reaching out to Tony through his KZbin channel, maybe via one of his videos? Hopefully he'll be able to answer all questions you've mentioned above. You can find him here: kzbin.info/door/cV-kHkPIAKSlScvgOclbMA :)