
"You get better at playing tennis by playing tennis" - another conversation with Calvin Betton
The Talent Equation Podcast
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The Power of Making the Athlete a Part of the Conversation
I don't think you would have had any effect if I'd given it instruction wise, but I was keen to make it a conversation rather than me coming on saying, this is what you're going to do. We can still choose to make the athlete a part of the conversation or we can remove them from the decision-making process and say, me as coach, I know what's best,. here is the answer. So flicking back to our point about it depends. The closer you are to competition or when you're in competition, we obviously can be more directive in our interventions. But I also thought as well, if we go a bit further, and again, it's specifically
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