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How Andre Agassi & Giannis Antetokounmpo helped the Demons

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An interesting insight into Goodwin and the team this year, in particular our ability to reset - within the season, within games, and even quarters.

After a standout regular season, Goodwin has preached to his players about the need to reset and start all over when it comes to the finals.

As a way of getting his message across to his players, the 44-year-old decided to use tennis star Andre Agassi and NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo as prime examples to motivate and inspire his troops.

“The ability to reset, whether it be within games, within weeks, within seasons has been really important,” Goodwin said.

“We’ve used a lot of examples in that space, Andre (Agassi) has been one of them, and that happens again this week.

“The ability for our club to deal with situations, reset ourselves, whether it be from week to week, in-game or even in-quarter are really important for us."

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Agassi, who won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon aged 22 and won his last Grand Slam at the Australian Open when he was 32, had a strong ability to reset himself in tennis as he enjoyed a career at the top for decades.

It’s a method that Goodwin is in awe of.

“It was a theme that we used and grabbed an example of a player that’s been at the top of his game for a long, long time,” Goodwin said.

“How he (Agassi) broke down his opponent, he didn’t have to be the best for that tournament, he needed to be the best on that day and he needed to beat the opponent seven times to be champion.

“He broke it down really simply into sets and games and opponents to win championships.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo, who won his first NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021, was cited by Goodwin as a key example of a player that knows how to reset and succeed.

More specifically, Goodwin is a fan of the Bucks star’s key trait displayed throughout his young career: “The never being satisfied part of it.”

“He’s done a few interviews and talks about the ability to continue to push and stay in the moment and never be satisfied with where he sits,” Goodwin said. “Whether it be from an individual perspective or team perspective.

“Our players were really captivated and learnt from those stories and the storytelling involved in those things.”

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