Coaching the decision, not the outcome

A good decision can still end badly. A bad one can still come off. Here’s why Maurice coaches the choice a player made, not just what happened after it.

Outcome-based coaching is seductive because it is easy to measure. The pass either found its man or it did not. But judging a player on outcomes teaches them to avoid difficulty rather than to read it, and over a season that shows up as a squad that plays safe under pressure.

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