Will to Win
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Discover the winning secrets of New Zealand netball legends.
Will to Win delves into the traditions, team culture, and leadership of the Silver Ferns, New Zealand's national netball team. Through candid interviews with legendary players and coaches like Lois Muir, Leigh Gibbs, and Casey Kopua, gain insights into their careers, the intense rivalry with Australia, and the resilience required to cope with gut-wrenching losses. Explore the psychology of a high-performance women's team and learn practical strategies for developing team culture and leadership at all levels.
This practical guide is perfect for netball coaches, players, and anyone interested in New Zealand sports history. It includes Farah Palmer's perspective on women in sport, plus a history of New Zealand netball, from its semi-professional transition to its struggles for sponsorship and media recognition.
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Dr Lana McCarthy is a lecturer in teacher education at Charles Sturt University. She completed her doctoral thesis, 'Coaches, Captains and Constructing Culture: A Case Study of the Silver Ferns', at Massey University in 2019. Lana has a background as a physical education and health teacher at Freyberg High School, a netball development officer at Netball Manawatu, a regional sport advisor at Sport Manawatu, and a senior tutor and assistant lecturer in physical education at Massey University.
Dr Andy Martin is a professor of sport management and physical education in the School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, Massey University. His research focus is on sport-related experiential learning settings and he has undertaken a number of studies on Outward Bound, including his PhD. In 2014, he was co-author of Legends in Black, a bestselling book about why the All Blacks win. His career began in the United Kingdom teaching mathematics and coaching football at Millfield, a top public school. Following on from his master's degree at Loughborough University, he managed programmes and events for a leading health-club facility near London. After moving to New Zealand in 1993 he worked as event manager for the Hillary Commission Big Coast series of mountain-bike treks. In 1994 he took up his current position at Massey University and now manages a successful series of children's triathlon events in Manawatu. He has participated in the New Zealand Ironman and most recently for New Zealand at the age group World Triathlon Championships. He holds professional coaching qualifications in football and tennis, and has been actively involved in coaching at both junior and senior level.
Dr Geoff Watson is a senior lecturer in the School of Humanities, Massey University. His research focus is sports history. He is the principal author of Seasons of Honour: A Centennial History of New Zealand Hockey 1902-2002 (2002) and Sporting Foundations of New Zealand Indians: A Fifty-year History of the New Zealand Indian Sports Association (2012). He is co-author of Sport and the New Zealanders: A History (2018), Sport Development in Action: Plan, Programme, Practice (2019) and Legends in Black: New Zealand Rugby Greats on Why We Win (2014). He teaches a paper in sports history at Massey University and takes an interest in most sports. He has been extensively involved in sport at grass-roots level, including coaching Massey University hockey teams and participating in long-distance running.