Originally Posted by
*****3nin.vend3t
Mr Friel talks the talk, but why ain't he walking the walk? or why hasn't he walked the walk with his knowledge?. I went to this Uni, I went to that Uni, but in cycling, I have achieved nothing.
Thoughts???... Too harsh?.
You don't have to be that great at what you do to be a good coach in the same field. Different skill sets. The smartest athletes may not be the best in terms of physical gifts, but those are usually the guys who make good coaches. And,they still have the experience of participating in what they're coaching, they just weren't the best at it.
People who are naturally gifted in sports, and other fields, may have issues teaching people who aren't. It's likely they never had to conceptualize what they were doing to that degree.