strategy in sport


The board room, borrows liberally from the playground. sport and battles have been the favorite guidebook for strategists because it facilitates a breakdown of the complexities into tangible options. but the reverse of this situation may not be true. strategy has not returned the favor to sport. the lack of real strategist in sport is an interesting omission, largely because sport finds it hard to create generals. in sport, the general is the coach.  but often coaches represent wisdom and technique not necessarily guile & trickery. often tactic is misunderstood for strategy.  A famous example is illustrated below by the brand 'beats'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWithLP0VlQ

strategy is probably the weakest in team sports like football or cricket because it deals with a collective bunch of skills than individual mastery. maybe it is time to break team sports into individual sport and have them execute specific strategies to make sport more interesting.

https://www.sbnation.com/ad/14460462/mma-nick-diaz-fight-strategy

perhaps, if all sport were as deadly and life threatening as pro boxing or mma, we would have seen more strategic fight planners than grey haired coaches in sport. If all sport was to drive attention and viewership, it needs more than perfect players. it requires a whole new approach to winning.

strategy in sport needs to be rethought and there must two real strategists in every contest.






  

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