Japan's last-minute victory against South Africa was called the biggest World Cup upset ever. It had been 24 years since Japan won a match.
What did he change?
"I changed the mindset of the players. When I first got to Japan I tried to work out why Japan could not win and that was a mindset problem with the players and the coaches. Even before they went onto the field they had this perception: We are small, we are not powerful enough, we cannot beat those teams. I had to change that by repeating in different ways what is our competitive edge. We have speed, we have fitness, potential skills and ability to work hard."
"And when I was able to put those facts into drive and trained them by repeating the message that became a part of the mindset. Then they saw the result and the mindset became much more powerful. It was about the intensity of the practice, making them believe that their way of practice was better than any other team in the world, which it was..."
(From Japan News, Nov 1, 2015.)
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