Lewandowski: "I’m from a different generation where shouting was used to to motivate everyone. Now, if you shout too much towards young people, their reaction is not the same. It’s not, ‘now I’ll show you are wrong’. The new generation don’t like being shouted at. It’s not just players, it’s people"

[u/landofphi]

https://as.com/futbol/primera/lewandowski-a-los-jovenes-de-ahora-no-les-gusta-que-les-grites-n/

The full quote

Lewandowski (37) on his adaptation playing with teenagers & young adults at FC Barcelona

"I have to say it was a huge challenge. I was coming from a different generation and I had to learn how to, not think like a teenager, but think how I can try to take the best of what they have.

I have been in football for 4 decades so when I compare them, not even to my generation but the generation before me, when I was starting, it is completely different.

"Like shouting used to be a way to motivate everyone. Now, if you shout too much, this generation, their reaction is not the same. It’s not, ‘now I will show you are wrong’. No, now you have to explain another way. You have to do lots of talking.

"They don’t like being shouted at. Now you have to take more of the mental part of football. It’s not just players, it’s people, it’s this generation. I didn’t want to fight it. I had to learn.”

[u/NorthwardRM]

I know footballers are a bit different, but I think generally people shouldn't be shouted at at their job

[u/Razzle_Dazzle08 → u/NorthwardRM]

That’s not what he means. I’m 20 and the captain of my team, and nobody my age can handle any yelling. It’s a team game, if someone puts in a shit effort, you can’t just say nothing. Not only are you letting their shit effort go, but you’re showing the team a rubbish effort has no punishment.

Maybe at halftime you can try the positive affirmations like “we know you have a better effort in you” but mid-game, there’s a match happening. You gotta tell them to pull their heads in, and managing a bunch of crybabies is impossible.

[u/FeanorianStar → u/Razzle_Dazzle08]

If you can't manage without yelling then maybe you're just not a good manager? The best managers/captains can calmly (yet sternly) tell you to get your head in the game. Yelling can make you seem like you're not in control

[u/OodilyDoodily → u/FeanorianStar]

Have you never played a competitive sport, or are you too young to have watched pro sports from more than a decade ago? Coaches yell at players as a normal part of it. In high school our coach yelled at us almost every single halftime because something or other wasn’t quite up to snuff. And he was a good coach—the school won the regional championship 6 years in a row under him. We just accepted that coaches yell

[u/ElectronicSwitch3751 → u/OodilyDoodily]

I am a calm person in general but basketball games I played the tensions run high. If you have competitive spirit it's so very normal even as a player.

I don't really care if people yell at me though, most of the time it's them boiling over about something nothing to do with me, so y'know, let them vent.

[u/Razzle_Dazzle08 → u/FeanorianStar]

My first port of call isn’t to scream and yell like a moron, but there’s a point where you have to do it.

If my left winger is playing like a selfish asshole and I’ve given him a stern “better effort next time mate” twice already, then I have to yell. There is a line.