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Ed Cope

Oct 26, 2026

11:41
Or should you be waiting? But then presumably, if you leave it too long, they've missed the opportunity of being developed in a way that they
Ed CopeGUEST
11:48
need to.
Ed CopeGUEST
11:49
And these are the kind of the counter arguments either way, is we know that...
Ed CopeGUEST
12:00
the environment is a significant contributor.
Ed CopeGUEST
12:03
And so by virtue of the fact that you are in an environment where you are with players or other young people of a similar level of talent and therefore you're getting a challenge there, that you're playing competitive or games against players that are of a similar, you are in an environment where challenge, which we know is a key principle of any learning environment, is more present.
Ed CopeGUEST
12:29
If you happen to be so much better than everybody else, then complacency kicks in, stagnation kicks in, and just everything's too easy.
Ed CopeGUEST
12:40
We know from any environment, any learning environment, if there's no challenge, then there's no progress.

16 MINS LATER

28:49
But I imagine, you know, at Loughborough and elsewhere, there are many, many different sports where coaching is a central part of what happens, of course.

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