This sort of reporting is sad on two counts, firstly that there has been a journalistic twist put on the events. One athlete says that the results are wuestionable - so be it they are questionable, such as how come they are doing so well, we want a part of that? But "questionable"presented in such a way as that question ability is presented as some form of under hand behaviour. The English language is a wonderful, poetic, and descriptive language but is still so open to interpretation and we always draw conclusions that in the main are wrong and lead to this silly bickering. Secondly the reporting is sad because it reveals amongst our high performance coaches that they don't get it. I am not for one moment suggesting that I am better than they, far from it, but they haven't read Frank Dicks book called Winning, about his coaching technique with Daley Thompson, nor Sir Clive Woodwards book, also called Winning, his semi autobiographical look at the winning of the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The thing that shines through in both is that the foundation stone to life, sport and everything else is integrity. Remove the whinging, the whining and the other mental clutter and excuses and take responsibility for your own performance and suddenly life is full of opportunities and goals get realised. The pschycology of winning is a fascinating topic and the one common feature is that those who seek to reduce or minimise the success of others never ever succeed in their own right - do they?
