How to watch a football match like a professional coach “Therefore the coach needs to look at everywhere else than where the ball is. Because the players’ positioning and movements will determine what options the ball carrying player does have. When I watch football from this zoomed-out perspective I call this level 2 watching. […] […]
Monthly Archives: November 2019
The horror of sameness
2019.11.29 – 08:35
The horror of sameness “In Judeo-Christian eschatology, there are two versions of paradise. One comes from the prophet Isaiah: In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the lion, and a little child will […]
The complete history of Lucy’s pulling the football away
2019.11.12 – 22:38
The complete history of Lucy’s pulling the football away “Once we view Lucy and Charlie Brown’s autumnal tango in light of this poignant origin story—a cycle of pain and humiliation endured and transmitted—their annual football rite takes on a darker edge, and Lucy’s quips have the biting, sardonic twinge of someone who is not just […]
We learn more by trusting than by not trusting
2019.11.08 – 16:49
We learn more by trusting than by not trusting “When our trust is disappointed – when we trust someone we shouldn’t have – the costs are salient, and our reaction ranges from annoyance all the way to fury and despair. The benefit – what we’ve learnt from our mistake – is easy to overlook. By […]