Chapter 411: The Coach’s Talents (1/2)
Chapter 411: The Coach’s Talents
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The sun was shining through the French window by the bed, and a gray-haired old woman was trying to lift her arm.
”Great, Mrs. Ayres. Moving your arms is a good start. But you've been in bed too long, and your muscle atrophy is so serious that you need more exercises. If you're tired, you can increase your frequency of exercise and decrease the time of exercise on each occasion. Mr. Ayres is also a coach, so he is a professional on this too,” Dai Li said.
”Thank you, Coach Li.” Ayres looked grateful. He turned to his wife and said, ”Honey, you rest, and I'll show Coach Li out.”
Ayres took Dai Li out of the gate and to a garden in front of the villa.
”Coach Li, I would never believe your massage would be so effective for rehabilitation if I hadn't seen it myself,” Ayres said with amazement.
”Everyone is good at something, and I am just good at rehabilitation,” Dai Li answered.
”I'm also a coach, and I know it's almost impossible to help a paralyzed patient recover. Maybe only God himself can do it.” Speaking of this, Ayres went on, ”Coach Li, I know that your main business is physical training, but are you interested in being a boxing coach?”
”Boxing coach?” Dai Li shook his head. ”I really don't know much about boxing. If I hadn't been in contact with Taylor recently, I probably wouldn't know as much as the senior boxing audience.”
”But you have the talent.” Ayres' expression became solemn. ”I've been watching you since the day you found Hopkins's defect in the video, and I think you are suitable to be a boxing coach. When I first met you, you really didn't know much about boxing. But during this period, when I was coaching Taylor, you were also learning, right? Besides, you learn very fast, just like a sponge absorbing water. To be honest, you seem to understand boxing better than him.”
”You must be joking. Taylor is a boxing champion with more than ten years of experience,” Dai Li said.
”It has nothing to do with time or experience,” Ayres said seriously, shaking his head. ”The accumulation of experience determines the lower limit of a coach's ability, but talent determines the upper limit. Therefore, talent sometimes is the most important. And you have the talent.”
Dai Li was stunned. He had received similar comments before, but on other events.
”In fact, even if I want to be a boxing coach, I don't have enough time. After all, I have to run my training center,” Dai Li said.
”You can just be a consultant like I was before I retired. When a boxer comes to you, you only need to give him some instruction or direction for training. As for specific training, the players do it themselves. That was what I did after fifty-five. It's easy, but it pays well,” Ayres said with a smile,
”As your friend, I think your performance in running a training center is only ordinary, but you are extraordinary in training. So, I have been trying to suggest that you should hire a specialized manager for the operation of your training center. And you should focus on the specific training of athletes. You can regard it as the optimization of talent and position, where the most professional people do what they are best at and get the most effective results.”
Dai Li nodded, because Ayres was not the first person to speak of this. Steven also suggested that Dai Li should hire a specialized manager, and even recommended a suitable person. However, Dai Li was not satisfied with that person because he was too young and had just gotten his MBA without any experience at all. What's more, he didn't expect much in the way of salary, which clearly showed that he would quit the job as soon as he got enough experience. Dai Li didn't want his training center to be just a way of padding out a resume.
”Thank you for your suggestion. I'll take it seriously,” Dai Li answered.
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On his way back, Dai Li kept thinking about Ayres' words.
”Talent? To be a coach? Why didn't I realize I had such a good coaching talent?” Dai Li said to himself lightly.
”Do you think that's dependent only on yourself?” the system's voice reappeared in Dai Li's mind.
”What do you mean?” Dai Li asked immediately.
”You've been at the level of a relatively noted coach for a long time, and you're about to hit the threshold of famous coach. I thought you already felt it,” the system said. ”The promotion of coach level will not only bring you more training effect bonuses, it will also improve your coaching quality. For example, you'll be equipped with stronger abilities of learning, analyzing, and judging in any sports event.”
”Do you mean it was all because of you that I could see Hopkins's defect and that Ayres thought that I had the talent to be a boxing coach? It was you that made me so talented, right?” Dai Li asked with a little anger.
”Needless to say. If you really had the world's best coaching talent, why did you still have to worry about getting a job after graduation? I'm afraid you didn't stand out in college!” the system answered inexorably.
Dai Li lost himself in thought. Indeed, he was not an outstanding student in college, and his performance in school was just so so. At least in those days, he showed no unusual talent.
The system continued, ”The improvement of your coaching quality is related to your coach level. The higher your level is, the more you will improve. Therefore, when you were at the third-rate coach level, you couldn't realize the improvement of the coaching quality at all, since your coach level was too low. But when you rose to first-rate coach, you should feel the changes brought by the improvements of all qualities!”
Dai Li suddenly recalled that Harman's coach team had offered him an olive branch when he was in the Dingtian Group. Harman himself once expressed clearly that he hoped that Dai Li would try to be a football coach, which obviously showed that Harman recognized Dai Li's talent and ability in football training.