By Wayne Goldsmith

This is part three of my trilogy on the Norway sporting success story.

Part 1: Everyone wants to copy Norway — but you have to play like YOUR place.

Part 2: I’d scrap all junior rep teams for under-14s.

Part 3: So what SHOULD you do?

Here’s my three-step framework:

1. Learn from your legends. Stand on the shoulders of giants. Your sport has a legacy — people who figured out what works in YOUR context. Don’t throw out everything that came before just because their birthday was a few years before yours. Some of it still works. Keep it.

2. Learn from the best of today. Study Norway. Study Scandinavia. Study whoever is getting results right now. Understand exactly what best practice looks like — not to copy, but to understand.

3. Build YOUR way. Pull together what worked for you with the best of what’s working now. Implement a plan that fits YOUR unique context — your people, your culture, your climate, your history.

Don’t be a follower. Be a leader.

Change the direction of YOUR sport.

What’s the ONE thing from your sport’s past that still works today?

Wayne Goldsmith

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