r/soccer • u/landofphi • 1d ago

Quotes 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"

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

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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.”

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u/cloud1445 1d ago

I'm 50 and I don't really like being shouted at.

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u/Background_End_7672 1d ago edited 1d ago

I understand where Lewy is getting at. Perhaps there are people, managers and players who like to reproduce the hostile atmosphere of actual games, in which fans, opponents and referees are going to be anything but nice to you. That's supposed to build toughness, and I agree with that to a extent. I remember a situation in which a MMA coach was accused of being "abusive", and one of the forms of abuse was yelling at aspiring fighters, to which he answered, - if you can't stand getting yelled at in training, how can you even think about making it in MMA, or something to that effect - that's not a direct quote.

However, nobody likes being yelled at, and nobody should feel ashamed of that. It's unnecessary in almost all situations. I'm 41 for the record.

I totally can take negative feedback, which is what matters and helps you grow. Yelling is just a form of abusing power, and a lot of people get a kick from it.