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115: Joe Baker on the tyranny of talent

Supporting Champions

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The Role of Randomness and Chance in the Athlete Development Pathway

I'm still thinking just about how people spend their lives when they're coaching that if it is inefficient, that's just not good use of their coaching time. I think we're really who are at understanding the role of randomness and chance and just luck in the athlete development pathway. We think that coaches have perfect predictive abilities and ultimate control over the athlete development but sometimes it's just luck being in the right place at the right time. That's a chance example which probably punctuates this idea of why not take different approaches rather than just one route to the top of the mountain.

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