George Huitker says Kaizen to you

Canberran George Huitker, author, teacher, coach, and playwright suggests after thirty years of coaching and playing, all junior coaches, players, parents and know-alls should adopt the Japanese philosophy of 'kaizen' when involved with junior football players.

In his recent book, How to Succeed Without Really Winning, Huitker describes how kaizen, a Japanese term for continual improvement is what players should be aiming for rather than the win at all costs mentality.

I'm with you George but going round the grounds on the weekend suggests there is still a lot of work to do.

Check you local junior team on the weekend and see how things are going.

Last week, one girl left the game in tears as her under 8 side lost 2-0, and I only watched one game all weekend. Something wrong somewhere.

Interesting Ian Thorpe often talked about doing his best rather than winning the race. Seems like lots of sports teams and stars should follow his attitude.

Does Kaizen work for you and your team? What do you think?