I was honoured to be invited speak at the first conference of the Football Collective, at the FC United of Manchester ground.
My presentation introduced two overlooked concepts of talent development:
I argued that no account of the talent development process is complete without considering these two aspects. The difficulty is that they threaten to undermine the whole process. Quite often they do!
I'm hoping to do more work on these ideas over the next few months, and will try to post something on this blog.
If you don't know about this great venture, you can check it out here: https://footballcollective.wordpress.com
The Football Collective is dedicated network of people who wish to bring critical debate to football – for those interested and involved in building football for the future. Through sharp analysis and research informed original reporting, we aim to provide a platform for thought provoking critical debate in football.
Our manifesto is simple:
We are a network bringing critical debate to our game
Anyway, here is a short interview I did at the event, making the case for collaborative research in sport ...
