
"You get better at playing tennis by playing tennis" - another conversation with Calvin Betton
The Talent Equation Podcast
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The Difference Between a Sport as Techniques and a Player-Centered Philosophy of Coaching
Coaches who are based on a sport as techniques model should be looking for technical or tactical solutions that the individual might need. He can see Claire as day, she just needs to do this and he'll tell her, potentially, you just need to do this. What he's not taking into consideration is what it is that is happening to that individual that is causing them to react to the opponents in a certain way. And that's the interesting bit and that's the bit that you should be seeking to find out, which is just explain to me what's going on. Because then you can maybe then begin to foster a solution with that individual once you've got an idea of what they're
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