Every week we are bombarded with news of managers being sacked and stories of their inability to control their dressing rooms. Perhaps the most disturbing, are the stories of managers/coaches who insist on playing a specific system, that either doesn’t suit the playing roster or the competition that they are playing in. Worse still, there… Continue reading What is it with professional football?
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The Olympic Reality
Reprinted from Thoughts in Sport 2014. London 2012 is over and Rio 2016 approaches. More spectacular ceremonies and a parade of impressive record breaking sport performances are expected. But who will excel? Brian Minikin, Lecturer in Sport Management At the Athens Games in 2004, with around 301 Gold medals up for grabs, only 56 countries out of… Continue reading The Olympic Reality
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