Michael Loftman: Cognitive Bias and Coaching

Gary is joined by Orlando Pirates first team analyst and U23 head coach, Michael Loftman, to discuss cognitive bias and outcome forecasting. Can framing certain scenarios and players in a biased way negatively impact our ability to coach and develop individuals? Michael shares his views on this and also his experiences in South Africa where players who have not been exposed to any coaching until late in their development, have somehow become some of his most 'coachable' players. This episode is brought to you by PlayPositionally.com. If you want to learn about positional play, not only the theory but how to implement it with your own team; then the online course at playPositionally.com is for you. The course covers all concepts, the training methodology and it also has all the drills/exercises you will need to work with your team. You can sign up at www.playpositionally.com.