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Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's true. The 1993 New Yorker cartoon shown here has become part of Internet folklore: think about it, what guarantee do you have about the quality of information you read?
Remember, anyone can start a site up. What guarantee do you have that the information you read there is valid? There are many great and famous coaches who have no formal qualifications. There are people who, accordingly, say they don't need a "piece of paper". Would you go to a doctor who set up practise without qualifications from a recognised body?
I'm not saying that all unqualified coaches are bad or to believe everything a qualified coach tells you. Listen to what they say, ask them if you can't understand it. Don't accept everything with blind faith.
This cartoon teaches us an important lesson that you can apply to your coaching, too. I encourage anyone I work with to see other coaches. This can be confusing at first as the player meets the "she said do this, but you said do that?" situation. They may well learn something I can't teach them, but, more importantly, if the bowler learns how to interpret and evaluate the different things they are told - instead of accepting them with blind faith - they will go further and be wiser.
