Letters – A stellar performance

Your article "Thank Your Lucky Stars" on elite coaching (View from the Balcony, vol 6, issue 1) prompted me to reflect on what a 'star' might look like in the coaching world. Neither of the definitions proposed by the author worked for me. The attributes of a coach who writes good articles and supports the coaching community or who costs more than other coaches are not helpful in defining a star coach. As I reflected, I thought about star players in the football world. Manchester City now has some of the best-paid players in the world, many of whom are called stars. They match the financial...

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