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"Hugh Donald McCutcheon MNZM (born 13 October 1969), a native of Christchurch, New Zealand, is the former head coach of the US men's national volleyball team, the former head coach of the US women's national volleyball team, and the current head coach of the University of Minnesota's women's volleyball team." - Wikipedia
These are Hugh's general considerations when coaching and creating high functioning teams
- The margins between winning and losing are very small
- Simple is better than complex
- Respect tradition – but know it’s not necessarily a good reason to do anything
- If you can’t believe in yourself, its very hard to get anyone else to believe in you
- Failure is a critical part of success
- Winning can mask a lot of problems
- You might fool a fool, but you can’t kid a kid
- People are different – they have specific talents, abilities and ways of processing information
- There is no magic
