Des Hasler has a real talent for creating a resilient culture among his players. It is the type of culture in which his team performs best and wins games when their backs are against the wall.
We saw it in full flight last Saturday when Manly scored one of her best season wins over the eels.
They suffered three ugly losses in a row and made it without their superstar full-back Tom Trbojevic, regular Dylan Walker No. 6 and the best support in the game, as chosen by his colleague Addin Fonua-Blake.
A real brave victory.
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But how did you do it? A secret weapon behind the scenes called John Novak.
Novak is a mindset coach who has been Hasler’s mindset performance man in the NRL for 10 years. It is such an important part of Manly’s puzzle that it was continued during COVID-19.
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The 58-year-old teaches how important a positive attitude is and that you receive something in return as part of the boomerang effect. Although he would never admit it himself, he would have played a big hand in Manly’s hard win over the weekend.
In the perfect NRL world, there would be no distractions, no adversity, and a 100 percent win rate would be easily achieved. But this is not possible in the real world. Part of Novak’s job is to help the team deal with adversity and distractions and teach them the right attitude to recover from losses and recover more.
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Without revealing any secrets, Novak only revealed Foxsports.com.au the essence of what he teaches and three things that have helped the sea eagles knock over the eels that were sitting nicely on the ladder.
“Do you spend good energy in difficult moments? The best teams around the world react better, ”said Novak.
“You are in control of what happens in a moment by acting and reacting. Great teams act and react better.
“First, players always come back to one word – belief.
“If you say faith, it is the belief in your systems, your structures, your processes, the belief that we have done this before, the belief in the man next to you, in the coaching team and in the guy who charged the charges leads.
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“Secondly, it is the detail. When a team comes out and scores within two minutes, they really care about the detail and the detail means that if you stay focused there, you won’t stay there for 10 minutes, not 20 minutes, 80 minutes, which is 4800 Seconds corresponds to energy in the workplace. They did that.
“Three, personal responsibility. Each player in the NRL has a personal responsibility to determine their role.
“This is not a trick, it is not a magic formula, it is only faith, detail and personal responsibility.
“When you put these key elements together and trust the trainer, anything can happen, and of course they’re very proud of what happened – they deserve it.”
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BLACK BELT
Novak has worked with some of Australia’s best known sports stars, including James Magnussen, David Warner and Melissa Wu.
He also has an impressive martial arts background after earning a third Dan Black Belt. It is his martial arts career that has helped him find out how strong a positive attitude is.
Novak started competing at the age of 11 and became one of the best fighters in Australia. He made a comeback between 33 and 38 years old and practiced everything he teaches today to become more successful than at its peak.
“When I started my career, I didn’t do it at a level that I was proud of. That’s why I made a comeback and tested everything that I now share in my mindset.
“I fought some of the most famous fighters in the country and won 75 percent of the time, even though I was considered” old “. Why? Because I finally got what I didn’t understand before and it’s what I now share and teach for the rest of my life. “
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DECADES OF NRL TRAVEL
Novak has been part of the NRL since 2010 and its results speak for themselves.
While Hasler has the honor of discovering Novak, the mindset trainer’s journey in the NRL actually began with Brad Fittler at the Roosters.
In a presentation to a group of Matraville Sports High students in 2009, Novak met Scott Murray, the Roosters Under 20s trainer, and the couple began to work together.
He made such an impression with the Roosters that the first-class trainer, Fittler, promoted him to work in the NRL squad.
Novak began working with the first class team in the last four games of the ’09 horror season, where they ended last. The following year they played in the grand finale.
In 2011, he teamed up with Hasler at the Sea Eagles after meeting him at an event. You won the Premier League.
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Hasler respected Novak’s work so much that he took him to the Bulldogs in 2012, where he became the country’s first full-time mind coach at a sports organization.
During his time as Head of Mind Management for the Bulldogs, the team played in two major finals and won a small Premier League.
When Hasler reconnected with the sea eagles in 2019, Novak did the same.
RELATIONSHIP WITH NRLS INTRIGUING COACH
Fans see Hasler as the quirky trainer who holds his cards very close to his chest. He is often referred to as a “mad professor” because he is willing to try anything.
Novak knows the real Des Hasler. He sees him as a friend with whom he has built a trusting and successful relationship.
“I work very closely with Des and we are like-minded when it comes to excellence. He and I think very similarly that there should be no reason why you are performing best on the planet in one week and losing points the next week, ”he said.
“When I consider Des as a coach, I’m always looking for ways to debunk the myth that he’s the ‘crazy professor’. It’s such a ridiculous analysis, anyone who says that has no idea who the person is.
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“There is no one I know more thoroughly, who is more meticulous and loyal to his players. He is undoubtedly 100 percent immersed in and 100 percent in his work and has a work ethic that is second to none.
“He is a highly developed trainer, an absolute student of the game, he knows the game inside out, but he always learns because he has a growth philosophy and a growth philosophy is open, curious and interested.
“What we developed in 2011 and the access and opportunities he offered me, to be honest, we developed this trusting relationship that has grown steadily.
“I suppose most of it is that it has grown so much that I believed in him so much when he asked me to follow him to the dogs that I went with him.”
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TRANSFORMATION
One of Novak’s greatest challenges in team sport is to create a message for 35 different personalities. He admits that players sometimes hesitate to get involved in what he teaches, and revealed that former Sea Eagles captain Jason King was one of them before changing his mindset.
“Some heads have a different tangent, some people are not ready for the message, while some people are, some people thrive and some people are now superstars.
“Jason King once said to me, ‘I was a little hesitant about all these thoughts when I first met you, but I now realize how important positivity is for success.'”
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FULL CIRCLE
As a lifelong Manly fan, Novak can never leave the 2011 Premier League when asked what the proudest moment of his career is.
But seeing the growth of the players is also very important to him. When he started working in the NRL, Daly Cherry-Evans was a fresh-faced newbie, now the two have teamed up again as much older and smarter versions.
“First of all, I am very proud to be part of the team that won with Manly in 2011, the team that I have supported for 50 years,” he said.
“Then I got another opportunity last year (reuniting with the sea eagles) and I’m very proud to be working with a new group of colleagues and one of the youngest in the team we won in 2011 with is the captain now .
“It is an honor to work with a few people who inspire me to do better. It’s like I’m home. I’m proud to be home with a few people who I think can do great things this year. It’s up to you how you present your best self. “
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