At Sogility, we pride ourselves on enhancing your soccer skills and physical development while building confidence through our world-class technology and individualized data monitoring. We also have access to a variety of different world-class coaching and training ideologies. Here are some tips for creating a winning culture:

1. Values

• Identify values on and off the field to be implemented and held accountable to
• Ask your coaches, players or management to write a few words down that embody the culture you would like to build
• Bringing those values to life through actions and behaviors will help you maintain your cohesiveness

2. Environment

• Create what the performance environment should consist of daily
• Communication between coaches, players and management is crucial to enhance skill and performance
• Do not skip over the importance of fundamentals and encouraging challenges

3. Performance

• Identify what performance constants are essential for both training and games
• The constants in training should be the same for games
• Constants such as maturity and athletic IQ can help elevate your winning culture

4. Characteristics

• Develop player characteristics that your team should set out to implement as individuals to contribute to the team’s success
• The characteristics you set as individuals impact the perception of the club or team in its entirety
• Individual characteristics spur overall performance characteristics and focusing on the individual characteristics creates extra sustainable outcomes

5. Identity

• The steps mentioned should create your identity and style of play
• A club or team that grows their skills and confidence together will find its identity rather quickly
• The desire to win will help you better understand your style of play

Article Info Credit:

Paul Dolinsky: Sogility General Manager – Westfield