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Number “How to make a new gold medalist”Now, we will feature a new type of athlete, “How to grow up,” led by Yuto Horigome, a skateboarder. In the special feature, a dialogue was realized by two “demon coaches” who surprised the world with two Japanese national teams. Eddie Jones for men’s rugby and Tom Hovasse for women’s basketball. Jun Ikushima, who was the moderator, wrote about the article “Japanese, unleash the” devil “!”
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Eddie and Tom.
It’s thanks to online that Eddie Jones (now England national team HC) in the UK and Tom Hovasse, who had returned to the United States, have talked with each other in preparation for the test match starting in November. If it was before the Corona disaster, I might not have thought of it as a project.
Even though they had no acquaintance, when they finished greetings, the story suddenly started to roll.
First, Eddie asks.
“Tom, I looked up various articles in the conversation, but it seems that you have instilled’belief’in the players through practice and training camps.”
Tom answers to that.
“Japan was a very good team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where I was coaching. However, I lost in the quarterfinals. I realized I wasn’t confident. “
Because of this condition, I thought that I wouldn’t have a turn to be the moderator in Tokyo, so the two of them talked all the time.
Problems of “guts practice” and “long-time practice”
By the way, the two surprised the world in the competition where the physique, upper back and physicality of rugby and basketball could be the decisive factors. What emerged in the dialogue was what they had in common in their coaching. As for the words that came out in the dialogue …
A clear game plan is needed to fight the world, and data utilization is important for that. In the case of the Japan Women’s National Team, Tom referred to the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. A 3-point shot was the key to the plan.
“I wanted to change the standard in the world of women’s basketball, where power basketball was still widespread.”
