In a group meeting I had with all of the Eagles coaches in the spring of 2014, we discussed how all the great players seem to be aware of what the relevant team and opposing players were doing so they could discuss it after a training session or a game. However, I found that even those coaches who recognized the importance of effective mental representations did little to help the less elite players improve their representations; instead, they generally found it easier to pick players who had already acquired effective mental representations and then provide them with additional training to
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