CHAPTER 4
FUNCTIONAL SPORT EXPERTISE SYSTEMS
Talent can emerge from the most unlikely of places and seemingly from innumerable developmental circumstances. For example, you might expect that Australia's stocks of elite swimmers might come from only a handful of key developmental centers, but instead there are more than 50 different pools at any one time incubating elite swimmers. World and Olympic 100-meter hurdles champion Sally Pearson linked up with her current athletics coach when she was 12 years old and together they hatched their plans for success with a partnership that flourishes to this very day. Then there are the athletes successfully switching over to completely new sports relatively late ...
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