189: But I Want It Now

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of patience in sports and the dangers of prioritizing short-term wins over long-term development.

In sport and likely in life, we all want things to happen for us as soon as possible. Coaches and players can fall victims to this, but in most cases the patient route is the better path for people to go down. We discuss some of the things that those in the sport need to be careful of, and how to avoid the pitfalls of fast tracking or being too transfixed on short term wins over long term development.

Topics covered

• patience in sports
• long term development
• short term wins
• coaching
• player development

Keywords

• sports
• coaches
• players
• development
• fast tracking

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