Saints go extra cheap!?

[Crab Lungs]

Now we're using NLP to turn a sunday league footballer into a premiership footballer... (apologies of this has been posted elsewhere)

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7735859.stm

 

Interesting read... I've always wondered HOW good you could become if you'd taken 12 months out of your life just to train and play football...

[SET]

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5671

[Gordon Mockles]

Very interesting but I don't believe you could effectively, and predominantly, master the bulk of each particular skill to a high degree (95-100%).

 

I may be wrong and I do accept that continual absorption of tecniques in a concentrated period could have incredible results but I don't believe you can effectively recreate and assimilate processes (in this case, individual/largely natural football skills) that would be better ingrained at a younger age, when learning is much more natural - mimicked and learnt through exposure; much like child language acquisition. Even at a younger age, the mind may not have the desire and capacity to acquire such intensive and particular skills...I guess that comes down to the coaches and the capacity of the individual.

 

Never the less, an interesting afrticle and a good thread. I was surprised to see Matt and Jan mentioned/shown, as Saints in the training. Sports science and new, innovative tecnhiques are always welcome. Strachan liked the unconventional. As does Lowe (no further comments! LOL)

[saint_ed]

He's got no chance.....he runs like a girl.