20-12-2011, 04:19 PM
Mike Scott Wrote:To answer your question: you can not possibly know which of the two players has the most potential, or at least will achieve the most. I would back the player that was willing to work hardest. As I have said in the 'mindset' thread - so many of the 'naturally' gifted players drop up because they simply do not learn the work habit.
My feeling is that we should actually take a long term view and rather than spend resources on sending a few juniors to the Euros/Worlds we should be spending resources on making sure there is a national development scheme in place that ensures that all juniors are getting training and training in the right areas, so that when they do turn up at these events they already know their basic endings and their openings. The work done at these events should be more in the category of revision than anything else.
That is not the same as saying that players do not go, rather a question of what the priority is for CS's resources (and I include in this the over worked director's time).
Mike, that part was actually Phil's question, but I'll ask something that I'm not clear about. Are you suggesting that they would go to these events after learning their endings/openings and not be supported by CS as CS are putting their resources into a national development scheme? That CS would not financially support anyone wishing to attend the Euros/Worlds and the players go without a coach/head of delegation unless they were willing to finance it themselves?
if that was the case then would the IJD go from being over-worked to having no work at all?