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Matt Little - 'How Hard Is A Hard Day?'
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
If you watch tennis, you might recognise his face. You aren't sure what he does but you see him at the Grand Slam events as the cameras pivot to the players team and families seating. Maybe in the short video played before Andy Murray, Britain’s greatest ever tennis player, comes onto centre court at Wimbledon, you see him on the same practice court chatting to Andy as he then disappears into the locker room. Matt Little is a world renowned coach and he has been Andy Murray’s strength and conditioning trainer since 2007. In that time, so much has had to be faced. The joy of Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold, the despair of career-threatening injuries to Andy that didn’t seem like they would ever shift. If you need reminding how fragile an athlete’s career can be and how they need those around them help them through those moments then this interview is probably it.
I met Matt when we were allowed to meet outdoors socially distanced , so you will hear our conversation occasionally accompanied by the sound of the wildlife in Richmond Park, London. With that backdrop we discussed the importance of setting values, experience, loyalty, listening to learn, data and other key topics around performance and culture and started with Matt telling a story about when he was based at Loughborough University, one of the worlds great sporting institutions.
More About Matt Little:
Website - www.matt-little.online
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Twitter - @MattLittleSandC
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-little-b1a6512a/?originalSubdomain=uk
Show Notes - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-5-matt-little/#show-notes-e5
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I met Matt when we were allowed to meet outdoors socially distanced , so you will hear our conversation occasionally accompanied by the sound of the wildlife in Richmond Park, London. With that backdrop we discussed the importance of setting values, experience, loyalty, listening to learn, data and other key topics around performance and culture and started with Matt telling a story about when he was based at Loughborough University, one of the worlds great sporting institutions.
More About Matt Little:
Website - www.matt-little.online
Book - https://amzn.to/3cztsIr
Instagram - @_matt_little_
Twitter - @MattLittleSandC
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-little-b1a6512a/?originalSubdomain=uk
Show Notes - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/episode-5-matt-little/#show-notes-e5
Listen & Subscribe to The Ben Ryan Podcast:
Ben’s Website - https://benryan.co.uk/podcast/
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ben-ryan-podcast/id1553400216
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3iUL1eLA7HFKt5gxO7Uf4j?si=oN9YN6uFRSSGbO6kR01ONQ
Amazon Music - https://amzn.to/3shGDnO
TuneIn - http://tun.in/pkdsm
Social:
Follow me on Instagram - https://bit.ly/2Z5QSit
Follow me on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3ph5W7o
Follow me on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3ah8Ftv
Read about me - https://amzn.to/2NLu0Ck
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (49)
Setting The Scene With Tom Fordyce: Welcome to my new podcast where each week I’ll be joined by leading coaches, athletes and educators from the world of sport and far beyond. On each episode I’ll go through my guests journey, their stories and compare with my own experiences coaching at the elite level, to pull out some greats tips and useful advice around all things performance and that often mentioned, but misunderstood word, culture. Currently I consult with some of the biggest sporting and corporate organisations in the world from Premier League Football teams to American Sporting institutions, but I’m probably best known for coaching the Fiji national rugby sevens team to world titles and the country’s first ever Olympic medal, a gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Of course I’ll draw on that amazing journey but also on the lessons I’ve learnt and the principles I’ve forged over the last 20 years working in professional sport - and that’s really what inspired me to star this podcast by The Ben Ryan Podcast