Book Club: Belonging – Owen Eastwood
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today, Kate and Jim are joined by one of the most important figures behind the England men's team's recent success - it’s performance coach and author, Owen Eastwood!
Owen’s book ‘Belonging: The Ancient Code of Togetherness’ charts the ideas, influences and techniques behind a hugely successful career that’s taken him from the All Blacks rugby team to NATO and now England’s national team, as he looks to improve culture and togetherness among the world’s best teams. Today, he talks about how the notion of whakapapa has guided his journey, how impressive Gareth Southgate really is behind the scenes and what takeaways we can all apply to our everyday lives.
Owen’s book is now available to pre-order in paperback here! Find us on socials @footballramble.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Book Club on Football Rammel Presents. I'm Kate Mason. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Jim Campbell. |
| 0:15.1 | And today we're not just going to read a great book together, we're also going to change your life. |
| 0:21.8 | Joining us in the studio is a man who is instrumental in the England football team's run |
| 0:25.9 | to the final of the euros. |
| 0:27.3 | Michael Saves, Kane is there to follow in. |
| 0:36.1 | Wembley is alive and thundering with noise. |
| 0:39.6 | He's been called Garasau Kate's secret weapon and he's helped restore what the England football team |
| 0:45.0 | means to the men who turn out for their country and to the fans who follow them too. |
| 0:49.6 | I just wanted to take the time to say thank you to everybody for the incredible support we've received. |
| 0:54.8 | We hope that we've represented you in the right way. |
| 0:57.9 | If England win the World Cup this November they may well be his most famous success story |
| 1:03.0 | but Owen Eastwood developed his understanding of what it means to be a team while commissioned |
| 1:07.5 | to work with Team GB, the South African Crictors and the command group of NATO. |
| 1:15.1 | He's brought in by these widely varied organisations to help forge a sense of identity and |
| 1:20.1 | togetherness as one of the most in-demand performance coaches in the world. |
| 1:24.5 | Over lockdown he decided to share his theories more widely in the form of his book |
| 1:29.6 | Belonging the Ancient Code of Togetherness. |
| 1:32.8 | We're delighted to have Owen Eastwood in the Rambles studio with us today. |
| 1:36.6 | Owen, welcome. |
| 1:37.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:38.3 | Thanks so much for coming in from the Cotswolds which is the core of course of part of your |
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