{"id":28642,"date":"2024-12-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=podcast&p=28642"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:16:05","slug":"keiser-series-podcast-watching-steph-curry-showed-me-in-the-value-in-finding-joy","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/podcasts\/keiser-series-podcast-watching-steph-curry-showed-me-in-the-value-in-finding-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiser Series Podcast: \u2018Watching Steph Curry Showed Me in the Value in Finding Joy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Lachlan Penfold, the Head of Performance at the Melbourne Storm, describes his conversion at the sight of one of the NBA\u2019s greatest players enjoying what he does. It\u2019s rubbing off on his current work in the NRL.<\/p>\n \n \n \n

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Lachlan Penfold\u2019s time at the Golden State Warriors was eye-opening in numerous ways.<\/h6>\n

Chief amongst them was his realisation that joy is crucial in a high performance environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoy in a professional sport? That\u2019s a bit strange,\u201d thought Penfold, but it was one of the team\u2019s trademarks and no-one embodied it better than their Head Coach Steve Kerr and illustrious point guard Steph Curry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe player that embodies it better than anyone in world sport is Steph Curry in terms of just the absolute joy he gets from playing the game, from training the game,\u201d Penfold continues, \u201cnot only from his perspective, but from seeing his teammates have success and do great things, the joy that he gets really invigorates a sporting team.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has fed into his work with the Melbourne Storm, who reached the NRL grand final in October. No doubt they\u2019ll go again in 2025, inspired by the family environment described so vividly by Penfold [10:00].<\/p>\n

We also spoke about his approach to training and recovery [17:30] and the importance of individualised work [22:30]. Last up, we discussed the year ahead [28:10].<\/p>\n