The old-fashioned way to develop talent

I’ve written about Greg Chappell previously and he certainly has a similar mindset to me when it comes to learning and coaching sport. I was forwarded this Greg Baum article by a reader and it offers a contrarian approach to developing talent. Chappell believes that coaching is getting too structured, while simultaneously impeding natural instincts.…

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Sporting legend on the mark

Greg Chappell said during a radio interview (I paraphrase): In recent times in Australian cricket we’ve over-coached and interfered… The Aussie team haven’t been performing that well, losing matches they should be winning and generally under performing. When it comes to team sports, there has been a definite shift for administrators/coaches to overstep the mark.…

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