Coaching Edge 33 2013 | Page 17

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‘The lack of acknowledgement and thanks is a
small but vital detail, particularly at the end of
the season.’

© Alan Edwards

‘Getting positive response and thank you from
the children is a huge reward in itself.’
When questioned about "sacrifice", one
respondent commented: ‘Although I don’t
consider it a true sacrifice, we give up one
evening a week and most of a Sunday
throughout the season for local and away
fixtures. This involves time away, diesel for the car,
delaying work related and domestic chores and
administration until later… in truth this is simply
time spent with my children but it is also time
away from home in other
recreational choices.’

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The opportunity to write the foreword to this
book was a way in which Montana was given
the opportunity to say thank [