Monday, February 21, 2011

Desperate

Sports "scientists" (now that's an oxymoron) at the University of Portsmouth have "studied" the effect a sport coach's appearance had on the players' impressions of their competence.  A researcher said:  (was he wearing a white coat, suit or tracksuit?)

''We have found that the clothing that coaches wear can have a direct effect on the players' perceptions of the coach's ability.  Players look to their coach to provide technical skills, to motivate them and to lead them.  A coach in a suit suggests strategic prowess which is obviously ideal for a match.

In our study, coaches wearing a suit were perceived as being more strategically competent than those wearing sporting attire.  However, when wearing sporting attire, they were perceived to be more technically competent than those in a suit.''

Are we expected to believe that footballers are capable of perception or even thinking about anyone else but themselves?  More of this bollocks at TTel.

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