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The conversation is in Spanish. You can watch it with English subtitles in the YouTube video of the episode.10km running up the mountain, 1h and a half weights, 12km swimming with a shirt or weights, 1h gym, 1h and a half soccer match —because the coach wanted to play— and a last waterpolo training session was the daily bread of Dani Ballart and the entire Spanish waterpolo team to prepare for the Barcelona '92 Olympics. His coach, Dragan Matutinovic, justified his military methods in the face of the need to forge the character and mentality of a group of undisciplined players. Dani Ballart was the youngest of that historic team. He tells us how he passed the national team cut-off and what he has learned to become now a fighting for the Champions League title.Martí Cañellas | Fosbury FlopCheck the notes, other episodes and related blog posts in: fosburyflop.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

I would summarize the way of seeing the world of Raúl and his Fidias team with Mishima’s quote: “Qui n’ha begut en tindrà set tota la vida.” (“Whoever has drunk of this will be thirsty all his life.”) He doesn’t give us a recipe, but he teaches us how to cook. He doesn’t explain us a methodology or tell us what exercises to do, but he teaches us how to build our and choose them. That’s why his way of thinking and seeing the world applies to everything and, while he explains us how he trains, we learn how to live.The conversation is in Spanish. You can watch it with English subtitles in the YouTube video of the episode. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe

Football is played all over the world but you can find many different game-styles depending on the culture and society in which they are carried out. In Barcelona, the Gothic cathedrals are wide, rather than deep, like the style of play of Pep Guardiola’s Barça. In Brazil, samba has influenced the moves of its players forged in the streets and in small playing spaces. A capitalist society focused on competition, not education, is also impacting how we play. Starting at the top and working his way down, James explains us how to let players and teams express themselves and gives us hints for developing more “mavericks”: those who refuse to play by the rules, that aren’t scared to cross the line of conformity, because their unorthodox tactics get results.Martí Cañellas | Fosbury FlopCheck the notes of the episode and related blog posts in: fosburyflop.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fosburyflop.blog/subscribe