Richard Thomas has claimed that his family have played a big part in his development as a coach.
The Notts County assistant manager has been a crucial element of Kevin Nolan's side's progress from League Two relegation strugglers to promotion hopefuls.
When asked about who has inspired him, Thomas told the Nottingham Post: βItβs not about one person or one big name manager for me, anybody and anyone can give me something that I can take into practice.
βMy brother and sister-in-law are both PE teachers, my other sister is a teacher and they are educators of people.
βMy dad is a coach so itβs sort of a family thing. I will lean on them and listening to how they talk and what they say not in their practices maybe, but when we discuss work I will take from them as much as they can give me.
βWhether itβs one little nugget of information I can use on a regular basis, I will take that as much as watching your Klopps, your Mourinhos, your Guardiolas and the worldβs best.
βYou draw on your own experiences. I played marginally above pub level, but there are managers there that bring so many good values over the course of 19-20 years Iβve been coaching.
βBut I was learning things from the under-9s coach at Orient when I was academy manager. It was fantastic.
βHe may have been on a course, or got his own mannerisms, which I look at and go βthatβs a great trait, I am taking that oneβ.
βI donβt care who it comes from. If it helps me which indirectly helps the players then directly helps the club, then it doesnβt matter where the information comes from.
βLook at the boss (Alan Hardy) in his business field. Heβs a great example. I must be able to learn something from him. He may not see it that way in terms of coaching.
βBut there must be something he does in his business structure that works on the coaching field, or helps me with my week.
βIf it can make you half-a-percent better then those marginal gains are all important.β
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