Great Britain's rowers (from left) Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed, and Andrew Triggs-Hodge after winning gold in the men's four final at the Beijing Olympics
Double Olympic gold medallist Steve Williams hopes to find the winning formula at Ipswich Town
By Stuart Watson
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
11:40 AM
HE’S a double Olympic gold medallist rower, has climbed Mount Everest, walked to the North Pole and overcome phobia to win a Dancing on Ice special – now Steve Williams is ready to instil his winning mentality at Ipswich Town Football Club.
The 36-year-old – who stepped into Sir Steve Redgrave’s shoes to claim coxless fours victory at the Athens and Beijing Games – was appointed by the Blues as a fitness consultant this summer.
And while he doesn’t expect the players to be taking on the gruelling 42-hours-a-week training schedule that got him in prime physical condition, he will be hoping that his real life sports psychology lessons can make a difference.
“I was part of the British rowing team for 10 years of my life and that was very, very intense and very specific,” said the modest Williams.
“I did quite well in that world, but I’ve since gone off and done some other things just to get some diversity.
“I’ve found that even though lots of these worlds look very different, there are also lots of similarities too.
“A lot of things I learnt in rowing I have been able to apply elsewhere. There are some simple core principles that are exactly the same.”
He added: “I’m working with individual players and the team as a whole, looking at every aspect of performance – the physiological side, the emotional side, the recovery side.
“On the basis of the experiences that I’ve had I’ll be giving some insight into some of the things that I think could shift the performances of the club forward.
“Some things will land really well and they’ll fly, some things won’t work and it will be time to move on. It’s all about searching for that winning formula.
“Even if I can help improve performances by a fraction of a percent then that will be a success.”
– See today’s EADT for full interview.
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5 comments
Well if he's won Dancing On Ice should be ideal to teach our lads. As for PJ, well he's on thin ice already. Personally I'd like to see our lads hike to the North Pole, then climb Mt Everest. Should be able to fit it in next week but might be a little thin upon the ground comes the next game. Still, nice for our CEO to have a kindred spirit to talk to.
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JOHN BURLS
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Recommending that PJ be sacked would be a great start. PJ OUT!
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Jason
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Does this mean we are no longer up the creek without a paddle ? Oar must we man the lifeboats ?
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graham garrod
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
“Some things will land really well and they’ll fly, some things won’t work and it will be time to move on" - Sounds good advice to me Jewell although pity we haven't seen anything from you yet that landed well and fly. Perhaps the moving on would go better.
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SussexTractorBoy
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Jewell will probably try and get all 4 on loan. If so they can play across the back line. Having said that Williams is the shorter of the 4 so he would probably be played up front as target man!!
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SussexTractorBoy
Wednesday, September 5, 2012