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Old 27th March 2008, 11:59   #496 (permalink)
Pat_Mustard
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Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone View Post
You can't teach natural ability but it can be improved upon, with practice. I'm kind of amazed that people are still trying to deny this. But The Chief has always been a bit of a mystery to me, to be fair.
The mystery is that he thinks passing and shooting for example can be improved to the point of mastery, yet dribbling can't be improved at all.

They all rely on the development of motor skills (gross and/or fine, as Rob said), so why the distinction between them?

As for "vision, positioning...and game reading", whcih he lumped in with dribbling, he's yet to explain why he thinks that spatial or perceptual awareness can't be developed to a degree.
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