“Il Poz”:

Today’s guest Coach Gianmarco Pozzecco is currently the Head Coach of Italy’s senior men’s national team. “Il Poz” started his professional player career in 1991 and went on to have a successful career on multiple levels playing for teams like Varese, Fortitudo Bologna, Zaragoza and others, winning 2 Italian Leagues and 2 Italian Supercups while also earning himself an Olympic silver medal in 2004 with Italy’s fabulous run that summer.

In this episode, Gianmarco told me about his early beginnings as a player, dabbling between soccer and basketball before ultimately deciding to play basketball late and how hard it was to control him as a player from a coach’s perspective. Gianmarco also told me about his lessons as an Assistant Coach and what he could take away for his next jobs as a Head Coach, as well as some lessons that players taught him while he was a young Head Coach. 

Lots of good stories in this one, enjoy!

Topics:

• Background
• Unfortunate Preparation for Olympic Final 2004
• Connecting with players
• Expectation from Assistant Coaches
• Style of Work
• Importance of the Captain
• Lessons as an Assistant Coach
• Helping Players on a Personal level
• ATOs
  

Finding “Poz”:

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/theoriginalpoz/ 

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