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Why I hate drills

  • May 22, 2016
  • 1 min read

Vlog time again...

I needed to have a bit of a rant after some of the exchanges I have had with various people in the past few months.

I needed to explain in more detail why I am so against the use of drills in coaching. I just think that it is lazy coaching and it is a coaching methodology that needs to die out from our sporting landscape.

Anyway I hope my rambling makes some sense...

Enjoy...

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