Oct. 20, 2021

How Ted Lasso Explains Leadership, Part 4 -- Season 4 Halftime Show

How Ted Lasso Explains Leadership, Part 4 -- Season 4 Halftime Show

In Episode 52, Paul and Phil recall some of the highlights of the first half of Season 4 and continue their conversation about the leadership genius of Ted Lasso, Coach Beard, and Nate the Great, covering Episodes 7 & 8 of the show. Specifically, they discuss:

 

  • Highlights from the interviews we had with Diego Bocanegra, Lance Key, Will Russell, and Tracy Hamm in the first half of Season 4 (2:47)
  • Making youth soccer more accessible to all kids, not just the wealthy, across the US (5:36)
  • Specialization in youth sports (9:10)
  • Using soccer to prepare our kids for adulthood (17:10)
  • The power of connections between coach and player, as with Ted's connection with Jamie Tartt (23:40)
  • Ted apologizing to Nate the Great, and the power of saying, "I'm sorry." (32:36)
  • Lessons learned from Ted empowering Nate to give the pre-game speech at Everton (35:32)
  • How the impact a coach can have on his or her players can last a lifetime in unexpected ways (40:20)
  • The lessons learned from Ted's darts match with Rupert in Episode 9 (44:10)

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