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#BestoftheWeek, 15 June | New government, independent movies and #Cricket in the #USA, here's a look at Mint's best works from the week gone by (Siddharth Sharma writes)

1000 Passes: The World's Only Method for True One-Touch Football We’ve taken football to a new level of precision with the 1000 Passes methodology, the only approach in the world that makes one-touch football not just possible, but natural. This breakthrough is achieved by pushing attention to detail to its limits. By perfectly synchronizing the elements of ball and foot, we’ve automated the connections that fluidize play, drastically reducing the need for multiple touches. Players whose teams have implemented the 1000 Passes methodology find themselves effortlessly executing one-touch football, even during long stretches of the game. It becomes second nature, a seamless extension of their play. If you’re ready to revolutionize your team’s approach to football and witness this methodology in action, I invite you to explore how 1000 Passes can transform your game. Let’s connect and take the first step toward redefining football together. #FootballInnovation #OneTouchFootball #1000Passes #GameChanger #PrecisionInFootball https://lnkd.in/dv3y3CzV

💭 What Keeps You in the Game? I spoke with a coach today and asked a simple question: What keeps you in the game? More often than not, it’s about what the game has given us rather than what we’ve given to it. Coaches sacrifice endless hours, energy, and commitment to projects, planning, and people. Yet, despite the challenges, so many of us stay in the game. Why? For me, it’s simple. The moments—those unexplainable, magical instances- make all the sacrifice worth it. Little wins accumulate into moments, and it’s those moments we’re all searching for. Could you look at this inspiring moment from Norwich City: injury time, down 1-0 at home in the 90th minute? On comes Amankwa Forson, a 21-year-old Ghanaian who moved from Austria to England previously by the way of the Right to Dream initiative. He was a player who had been an unused substitute in his last 7 games, battling low confidence after losing his spot on the team. Watch how he skips while running—you can see the pure joy in his movement, the kind none of us can ever truly put into words. That is why I love this game. That is why, as coaches, we remain resolute in our search for these moments. These are the stories that remind us why we stay in the game—the power of belief, resilience, and the magic of football. 🌟 #Coaching #Football #Moments #RightToDream #NorwichCity #Inspiration https://lnkd.in/gMzYbSE8

https://lnkd.in/gjNaGdpV Our first sports high is rapidly taking shape

Did you know that tug of war was once an Olympic sport? It featured in the Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920. Interestingly, countries could enter multiple teams in the competition, allowing them to sweep the podium. In 1904, the United States achieved this feat, winning all three medals, and in 1908, British teams took all the top spots. Curious about other sports no longer included in the Olympic games? Find out more in our upcoming resource, The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and Identity: https://okt.to/Kb1oyP

This article about Premier soccer league's evolution from individual flare to collective precision is such a brilliant description of how we sometimes renounce one thing we value for the sake of another. If we recognize we can have both, we don't lose either one. Instead, we find a more sustainable and enjoyable way forward where there is space for all the different approaches to the game. It is the same in business and much of life---reducing complexity to either/or answers limits us. Seeing the possibilities for both/and thinking expands what's possible. In Joy Ogunbambo's words, we need not sacrifice "the brilliance of one" in order to embody "the precision of many." Instead, we can value BOTH individual and collective brilliance, creativity and rigor. Barry Johnson Nick Deaton Kelly Lewis Jean Gasen Chris Little

Information systems evaluation model in world-class by balanced scorecard approach in sports organizations https://lnkd.in/gamxG9hS

Cricket’s US experiment in danger of turning sour If it was the pitch and outfield that were problematic in New York, it was the drainage in Florida that sent the USA through to the Super Eights and eliminated Pakistan. Is the US experiment already going sour? First, it was 10:30am, then 11:30am, 12:30pm and 1:15pm . After four inspections, no decision was taken and then there was an announcement about lightning. So, despite there being no rain in Florida for four hours, the outfield wasn’t made ready for play. There are two possible explanations here: the groundsmen and women weren’t good enough. And two, the organisers should have covered the entire ground knowing full well that the drainage was bad. This is a World Cup, and the match had huge significance for Pakistan. For a change, imagine this was India, and something similar had happened. All night, millions would have been up in arms. And now, what will Pakistan say? Luck? Misfortune? Or organisational lapse? In a state where there is a chance of storms six months of the year, the organisers would have known that heavy rain would mean the ground would become unfit to play. And in the absence of a good drainage system, it could take hours before play could start. The solution was simple – spend a few thousand dollars, and cover the entire outfield. In a World Cup where milllions have been spent and millions earned from broadcast rights, why wasn’t the entire ground covered? Why was it that a game couldn’t happen despite there being no rain for more than four straight hours? Why is it that the fan will eternally be taken for granted? The fans who have spent money on tickets and travelled from different parts of the world deserve better. They needed to see a game, more so when there was no rain all morning in Florida. Instead, what they got was a lightning warning around 1:30pm local time. That was when you realised the fan just didn’t matter. You are committed to a sport which really doesn’t care. Just a few thousand dollars’ worth of efficiency could have made a game possible. And the USA went through to the Super Eights with Pakistan eliminated from the competition. Will Pakistan cry foul? Will they make an issue out of it? Would they feel hard done by? Suffice to say, in New York, it was the pitch and the outfield. Poor by every yardstick. In Florida, it is the drainage. A game couldn’t even start when the rain stayed away. Let’s all agree that the US experiment with cricket is turning sour. And if you are a Pakistan fan, it is a long, hard road back from here. Babar Azam’s captaincy tenure could well be history, but what about the future of the tournament? Can the ICC salvage it with yet another washout looming when India play Canada on Saturday? With football’s Euros having started and the Copa America to follow next week, will the TV audience stay with cricket or will this US leg go down as an experiment that cost the sport a great deal? The jury is still out.

Sports Narratives and Historical Nationalism: Re-Visiting the Context and Use of Field Hockey in Chak De! India (2024-10-01) doi: https://lnkd.in/g-r4mSYA

Sports Narratives and Historical Nationalism: Re-Visiting the Context and Use of Field Hockey in Chak De! India (2024-10-01) doi: https://lnkd.in/g-r4mSYA