Leinster rugby head coach Stuart Lancaster: how to satisfy an elite player’s desire for improvement

Player | Needs | Peter Glynn | 04.06.2021

Leinster Rugby Head Coach, Stuart Lancaster, explains why coaches must continue to learn if they are to challenge the very best players in the game. Image: getty images.

Learning:

• The mindset of the elite performer

• How coaches can meet the challenge of working with elite players

• The physical, technical and psychological attributes of the best rugby union players

Coaches must continually find new ways to satisfy their best players’ desire to develop, learn and grow, says Leinster Rugby head coach, Stuart Lancaster. 

“The best players want to keep developing, learning and growing,” says Lancaster, who joined the Dublin side in 2016, after four years as England’s head coach. 

“They want honest feedback, they want good feedback and they want a coach who can inspire and motivate.

“What is really disappointing for an elite player is if they are in an environment that isn’t about success and generating high standards. Or, if the coach isn’t growing them as an individual.