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The High Performance Podcast

EXCLUSIVE: Damian reveals how Gareth has created a winning culture at England

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

4.84.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Jake and Damian reflect on England’s iconic Euro 2024 journey so far, revealing insights into the work Damian has conducted with the England team as part of their tournament preparations.Damian shares the details behind the conception of England’s penalty shootout ‘buddy’ system, highlighting how the support of other players was critical to creating a safe environment for each penalty taker to succeed.Using moments from our conversations with Ollie Watkins and Gareth Southgate, this episode explores the true mentality of the England squad and their attention to detail throughout their journey to International success.


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0:00.0

Hey everyone welcome along to a very special episode of High Performance. So High Performance is a show where we meet some of the most incredible people on the planet to find out their successes, their struggles, their failures, their lessons along the way.

0:17.0

And the show is hosted by me, Jay Comfort, and an expert in high performing team cultures my co-host Damian

0:23.4

Hey Damien.

0:24.4

Hi Jake how are you?

0:25.7

It's coming home maybe.

0:28.3

Well let's hope.

0:29.6

What was it like for you watching the game on Wednesday night?

0:33.0

It was brilliant. I think what's nice in the position that we're in Jake is that we get to meet these guys

0:40.0

so you can there's a little bit of investment in their stories,

0:42.9

you know, about the struggles have been through

0:44.6

and the history of what it's taken to get there.

0:47.8

So when you see someone like Holly Watkins having his moment to shine,

0:52.2

it feels really feels really special.

0:54.0

It does and you will hear a clip in a moment from when Ollie Watkins joined us on high performance.

0:58.5

In fact we interviewed Ollie at the Belfry Hotel only a couple of months ago. It was just three or four days before the England

1:04.3

squad was announced and he was of course full of confidence but you could tell there was a slight air of

1:09.4

nervousness because Gareth hadn't announced his squad and even when he did he obviously cut that

1:13.8

squad down and the last time the England were at a major tournament only missed out when Gareth made the final

1:19.5

cut so the nervousness or the anxiety maybe around around actually playing for his country at this tournament was understandable.

1:25.4

And now here we are a few weeks later and he's just scored the goal, one of the most famous goals in the history of English football to put us into the final of Euro 2024.

1:33.4

Damien I want to know how it felt though for you because not only have you

1:37.0

interviewed Ollie and Gareth and we'll hear from Gareth as well in a moment but

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