Steve Axtell, Cortland State Head Men's Soccer Coach, Syracuse Development Academy Director of Coaching and Club Standards

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Performance Rising podcast!

In this Episode I speak with Steve Axtell about how he creates culture.

“I think culture is something that [is] daily norms, daily behaviors, daily actions. What are the things that are non-negotiables that the players hold true to? . It’s almost like a series of family values. Culture can change the second one plater leaves or one player enters. Its’ now a different series of interactions and things, but I think you can maintain culture by having the same actions and behaviors; common threads that players know that they’re not going to mess around with. I think culture should be something that they take outside of the game.”

*Note: as this is the first episode I ask for your patience as I figure out all the technical details of audio production. The audio can sound different in parts and I am working to sort that out for the second episode.