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A Hallmark Farewell: Michael Körper's unrivaled success in indoor hockey and (as my modest personal note) why failure and resilience might have been key to becoming the world's most successful indoor hockey player to date...   Having missed the opportunity to do it personally yesterday after the European Club Championships final in Vienna through coaching commitments, decency dictates to pay tribute to and reflect a bit on the remarkable career of my former teammate, Michael Körper, who bids farewell to the national team after an extraordinary journey spanning 20 years, 273 international matches, and over 300 goals. With an impressive tally of 12 medals, he stands as the most successful indoor hockey player in the world. I recall our shared moment at the 2007 World Championship in Vienna, a pivotal match against Poland where a draw would have secured a spot in the semifinals. In the dying moments, Austria earned a crucial short corner, and Michael, in a heart-wrenching twist of fate, narrowly missed the target, leading to a sixth-place finish. The disappointment was palpable, not only for the more experienced players seeing probably their last chance of a world cup medal in their careers going by, but especially for the young, aspiring Michael, the tragic figure of our Austrian team. However, this setback supposingly marked the genesis of Michael Körper's determined journey (Michi, please correct me if I am wrong!). He ventured abroad, first to Munich and then to Hamburg, honing his skills and notably perfecting his penalty corners, the very aspect that eluded him in 2007. Thus began a career unparalleled in indoor hockey, boasting two World Championships (2018, 2023), three European Championships (2010, 2018, 2022), a World Silver, a World Bronze, three European Silver, and two European Bronze medals. Michael claimed the title of Top Scorer in the German Bundesliga ten times, the European Top Scorer in 2018, and the World Top Scorer in 2023. Undoubtedly, he stands as the world's most successful indoor hockey player to date. In essence, this journey underscores that sustained success requires both failure and resilience, coupled with patience, determination, discipline, and ambition. It shows that inner focus and ego do not necessarily harm team spirit, if balanced well and being sharply aware of. Moreover, it emphasizes that leadership entails supporting the next generation to surpass the achievements of their predecessors. As we bid farewell to Michael Körper, I invite you to watch his Farewell Video, a tribute to a player who has not only shaped the narrative of Austrian hockey but has also become the most successful athlete globally in his sport. Let us extend our heartfelt appreciation and well-deserved honor to a true legend. 🏑🌟 #MichaelKörper #HallenhockeyLegend #Farewell Österreichischer Hockeyverband (ÖHV)EuroHockey International Hockey Federation (FIH)Patrick Minar clemens rarrel Sabine Blemenschütz Benjamin Stanzl

So, how do you build a high performing team? Put people in positions they can excel in, then coach and support them to success.  That is, given and received equally. Focus on delivering value to our customers and stakeholders and give them a great experience, every time. You can’t earn respect if you don’t give it, you can’t expect trust if you do not earn it, you cannot expect kindness if you do not give it, you can’t expect transparency, fairness, equality and honesty if you do not act with integrity, and you cannot expect a strong work ethic if you do not demonstrate it. When you hand good people possibility, they do great things. It takes teamwork to make the dream work.

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beautiful memories that made me wonder: what made us such a successful team back then?   There was passion for the cause everywhere. Nevertheless, I think that back then there was a lucky coincidence between authentic leadership and technical expertise of a 26 year old coach and, in multiple ways, a talented team.   Grateful that i could experience the following, in my mind, important actions in order to build a team:   𝟭. 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲-𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱: In our case it was the German championship title in 2014. We all knew that this title would bring us a big step closer to professional football. 𝟮. 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 - 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁: Getting upset about the little things we do wrong to keep the winning streak going. Before every match we formed a circle and shouted “Can’t Stop” together. This reflected the shared ambition to never give up in the pursuit of winning and becoming better. 𝟯. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸: We played a very aggressive and forward-oriented style of football for which guidelines such as: winning the ball early, looking forward first when getting the ball, „Steil-Klatsch“ or defending forward existed. Everyone knew that these principles always applied. 𝟰. 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀: We had very different personalities in our team, some of whom came from different cultures. Nevertheless, we created an intimacy for open and direct feedback where everyone felt picked up and knew where they stood. An attempt was made to find a framework for everyone to perform. This leads to a higher willingness to take risks and perform better if you know that mistakes can be made and you can move on from there. 𝟱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀: We had very different player profiles in the team. Some types of players who benefited greatly from their focused and disciplined work ethic and which had a talent for tackling and others who were very talented on the ball and creative. Finding the right mix of these strengths to get the best out of the team was key. #buildingteams #performanceinsports #sportsrelatedcontentforbusiness #football

Germany has won the Basketball world cup. In the few days that I have been ardently passionate about Basketball, even though there are some things that still confuse me, I think I have understood several things: - Germany is now a basketball nation. People who notice an absence of motorcades should remember that Germany is presently transforming its energy supply. In places where electric cars aren't yet ubiquitous, be on the lookout for cyclist parades - The next world cup is scheduled to take place in Qatar, so extrapolating from the football world cup, there's probably not going to be a repeat of this success. Concerns that a significant portion of German industrial output will now be funneled into the science and engineering of third arm technology are, however, overblown - In case I'm wrong about the use of third arms, FIBA regulations would still need to be updated. Germany is generally rule-abiding and the degree of corruption is low. Expect initiatives to bribe governing bodies with cuckoo clocks to be undertaken by satirical pamphlets, though. This is our local custom - There are preliminary reports reaching my home country that we are actually dealing with less of a world cup in the sense of football, and more with Olympic qualifiers. I don't know what to make of this yet, but I plan to keep you posted regardless of the outcome - It seems international competition reflects on eligibility of national league winners to call themselves world champions. If I'm not mistaken, world champions will now either be crowned by winning the German basketball league, or there's a requirement of NBA teams to hire German players to be eligible. It's possible though that this honor is actually tied to Olympic gold medals, not the world cup. See above, will keep you posted In any case, I'm happy to have encountered this exotic sport with appealingly high score counts. While in football, it seems the German men's squad is in the process of passing the torch to the women's team and the Japanese, in Basketball there seems to be a different trend. In light of this, a certain football semifinal victory against a legendary football nation has become quite the stale memory recently. To counteract this, from Germany, you may be able to watch the recordings of this much more recent semifinal on Magenta TV, and forget all about the sport where the foot should be used to play the ball

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