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Bubba Watson proves that coaching is overrated
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Friday, 18 April 2014 |
By GM Daniel Gormally, England.
Best rating: FIDE 2573
Bubba Watson- a natural talent.
The American Golfer Bubba Watson won his second green jacket in three years yesterday when he won the Masters tournament in Augusta.
The reason that Bubba's story is so fascinating to me is because it's proof that you don't need to have been coached or taught relentless to be good at a game- Bubba is self-taught.
Bubba had a tough upbringing and his mother couldn't afford to pay for coaching lesson's for him, so he taught himself.
This rather reminds me of Magnus Carlsen, who when he first learnt the game of chess, would study alone with a board, without books or a teacher, simply trying to learn the connections between the pieces and some of the secrets of the game.
Of course we don't all have the natural talent of a Bubba Watson or a Magnus Carlsen. But in some situations I think coaching can even be harmful. It can suppress natural ability and try to turn you into some kind of mechanical player, with simply a view to getting better results.
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