In today’s episode of the Leader Manager Coach Podcast, Rob interviews professional coach, former player and current assistant manager at Luton Town, Steve Rutter. Steve talks about the 4 competencies in coaching and the two football coaches that he looks up to Brian Hall and Dick Bates. He recalls his time and experience with them and the learning he has taken from them as mentors.
Key Takeaways:
Best moments:
“There's always been lots of people that I've known much more about football than me. And it's not necessarily their football knowledge that attracts me to them, it's what they're like as people.”
“If you have a genetic predisposition for it, you might see 500 pictures and recognize it quickly. Somebody else can see 10,000 pictures and never see it ever. It will never make sense to them.”
“I think what my brain learnt to do within football context is to see the important triggers quickly, forget all the fluff and that helps you come to a really quick decision about things rather than people who can't really see the triggers, and so they have to count with 6 or 7 solutions before they get anywhere near the one that's actually gonna work.”
“Dick (Bate) had this brilliant way of doing things. His attention to detail... The man was an encyclopedia of football. And his passion was undimmed by the years. He was still the same as when I first met him.”
Valuable Resources:
Brian Hall
Dick Bate
About the host:
Rob Ryles is a UEFA qualified coach with a League Managers Association qualification and a science and medicine background. He has worked in the football industry in Europe, USA and Africa; at International, Premiership, League, Non-league and grassroots levels with both World Cup and European Championship experience.
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Steve is an eminently respected coach in the professional game. As he freely admits his coaching expertise was born out of a playing career where he had to think about the game to compete. He developed a tactical understanding and desire to learn whilst playing and with the help of his mentors became an esteemed coach educator.
Heavily influenced by the late Dick Bate, in addition to leading coach education at The English FA Steve has managed and coached at Panathinaikos, Yeovil Town and is currently assistant manager at Luton Town.