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A very interesting read, and well worth the 10 minutes of your time.
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Key points and quotes (from Paddy Upton) from this article:
"I am a modern-day coach. Fortunately we are changing to more of an empowering approach"
"Do former players make the best coaches? Hussey said it is a hard one to answer. What do you think?
Former players make very good mentors."
"There are two aspects to coaching. One is the technical, the content knowledge of the game - batting, bowling, fielding. So this is content expertise a hockey or a rugby coach would not be able to come in and provide. But the second part of coaching, the knowledge of man management and creating a healthy environment that allows people to flourish - in all the research that I have done, players almost always rate man management at least as important as knowledge of the game for a coach, if not more important."
- The idea of collaborating a team or indiviudal strength, and playing the game to that strength and not the oppositions weakness.
"Too often employers and fans think that if you are winning, the team is great and if you are losing, there is something wrong within the team. That is not the case at all"
And lastly, to finish off:
"Coaching in its pure form is helping somebody find their own answers for themselves"
