23/07/2013
Really interesting view on teaming from one of the very best performance coaches in the world - David Brailsford (talking about Froome and Wiggins cycling in the same team): -
"I don't spend a nanosecond worrying whether they get on, people talk about having team unity and team harmony. I don't buy that at all. Most of the best teams I've been with, they're not harmonious environments."
"This is not a harmonious environment. This is a gritty environment where people are pushing really hard. What you need is goal harmony, and there's a big difference between the two."
"You can't rule anything out. Once you start ruling things out, saying, 'No he can't do this, he can't do that'... We're not in the game of ruling things out, we're in the game of ruling things in."