I read it while suffering from the flu, meaning I was a bit out ofit, and that is the takeaway I had - not just the full court press, but the training, and the wearing the other team out.
He says it explicitly.
The guy who trained his girls to do it says it explicitly. "I have them running around for hours" etc. and that other coaches A) don't train their kids to have that level of athletic endurance, and B) don't respond to the use of the strategy by changing their routines.
If people miss it, they are either bad at reading comprehension or deliberately wanting to misunderstand to lampoon Gladwell.
I'm not a huge Gladwell fan. I felt totally ripped off by Blink. But I was pleasantly surprised by the essay.
He says it explicitly.
The guy who trained his girls to do it says it explicitly. "I have them running around for hours" etc. and that other coaches A) don't train their kids to have that level of athletic endurance, and B) don't respond to the use of the strategy by changing their routines.
If people miss it, they are either bad at reading comprehension or deliberately wanting to misunderstand to lampoon Gladwell.
I'm not a huge Gladwell fan. I felt totally ripped off by Blink. But I was pleasantly surprised by the essay.