I stumbled across this short movie (http://www.greatworkmovie.com/) a couple of days ago.
Before I go on I suggest, respectfully, that you have a look. Go on, it'll only take a few minutes...
Okay, welcome back.
Now, you may or may not be into this type of thing. Some people are highly self-motivated and will just shrug their shoulders and say, "So bloody what?" For other people it could be just what you need to get going.
Personally, I thought it was pretty cool. And it got me thinking about doing Great Work in football. Specifically in my club, for my club and regionally. God knows the game in this country could use great work at all levels.
Do we really do great work in football, or do we all have ready made, built in excuses not to? Do we do just enough and, if something we could or should or wanted to do just happens to slip by the wayside then, "Bleeh, too bad. I'm just a volunteer. I'm not paid. I do this for the love of the game. I don't have to do it. Blah-de-blah-de-one-excuse-after-another-blah."
But is cutting corners, doing the bare minimum, setting low standards and failing to meet them really good enough? Do you really love the game if you sell it or yourself so short?
Okay, we don't all have unlimited free time. But we can all do great work with the time we do have available. If we really want to.
If you're a player you can commit to an extra night's training a week (even though it's so cold and miserage at the moment).
If you're a coach you can work a little longer with your strikers this week so they have a better chance of potting the crucial chance when it arrives on Saturday.
If you're an administrator you can make contact with a local business this week and ask if they'd like to sponsor your club.
If you're a referee you can talk with a player or coach after the game on Saturday and ask them how they think you performed.
If you're a fan you can bring along a couple of mates to your club's match this weekend.
Small things. But together they can all lead to doing great work for the great game in this great little country of ours.
Here's the movie one more time http://www.greatworkmovie.com/. Just in case you missed it earlier.
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Great concept. Not too sure about having a chat to a loosing team's coach to ask them how I went:-) We do have coaches that give us an unbiased assessment as to how we have done. But don't get me wrong I am all for chat after the match as long as the comments made are in the right spirit and not to whinge about different interpretation on how referees see fouls etc.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work.
Cheers Neil W
Absolutely right. The conversation must be constructive, otherwise it's worthless. Having said that, there could still be something to be taken from that losing coaches comments. They're not always sour grapes... ;)
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