Long Sporting Career = Average Results?

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" " When reading this story, I can’t help wondering what advice he was given

during that time, or what training structure he was following. I can’t help

but think that those who were responsible for his development couldn’t see

past the remarkable achievements at 13-15, and trained for peak performance,

rather than develop him for long term career at the top. " "

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Professor Angel Spassov wrote the below some years ago:

Nowadays most can take part in international events within the scope of

just one Olympic cycle. We should not think that this is a wrong

tendency since sport results have increased recently to such an extent

that there seems no other way to reach the top. People who insist on

having a long sporting career should be content with average results.

Of course there have been exceptions, mainly in team sports, since the

volume and intensity of there is far less than those in individual

sports.

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Comments?

Carruthers

Wakefield, UK