Team read · 8 questions, 2 minutes

Where is your club losing performance?

Eight questions for a GM or sporting director. Answer from your seat, and the result shows where the conversation should begin. It is not a diagnosis.

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  • 8 areas
  • Scores from 1 to 10
  • One first question
Name the right problem

“We need to be better” is where the conversation starts.

Do you mean the training is not carrying into games? Players are not staying available? Staff are giving mixed messages? Or everyday problems are reaching the rink?

Until the club names the right problem, another test or meeting simply adds noise. The read below takes two minutes and points to where the conversation should begin.

The read

Answer from your seat.

Answer honestly from the role you have. Move each score from 1, needs work, to 10, strong.

Your view

  1. What carries into games

    60/100

    When the game speeds up, can players use what they trained?

  2. Training direction

    60/100

    Does this week's training have a clear reason?

  3. Player health

    60/100

    Do coaching, medical and performance staff see the same player?

  4. Return-to-play

    60/100

    Would we trust this player in the hardest part of the game, not only in the final test?

  5. Staff rhythm

    60/100

    Does the right information reach the right people early enough to change the week?

  6. Performance leadership

    60/100

    When specialists disagree, is there someone trusted to challenge the reasoning and close the call?

  7. Player environment

    60/100

    Does life around the team help players settle and perform?

  8. The team under pressure

    60/100

    When pressure rises, does the group keep working well together?

How to use the result

Start with the lowest score.

Ask why people around the club scored it differently.

If several areas are low, the answer is probably not one new exercise or test. Look at how preparation, medical judgement, coaching demands and daily life around the player affect one another.

PDF

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Use the shorter worksheet when paper will make the staff discussion easier.

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After the read

Want my view on the result?

Send the lowest area, who completed the read and the decision the club is facing. I read every message and reply myself.

Move at least one score to make the first priority clear. The full read will be included automatically.

Your situation stays private. I bring experience and judgement from other environments, never their confidential information.