ABSTRACT
Introduction In this chapter we are going to be considering skills and abilities. These are not the same thing at all but many people seem to get into a real muddle with them. I hope that by the end of the chapter you will have this sorted out. If you are interested in coaching and training people in sport you should find information about how we learn very interesting and if we are lucky you might even find it useful! I also hope to convince you that there is no such thing as a ‘learning curve’. My wife will tell you how cross it makes me when someone on the television says ‘Well David, this has been a real steep learning curve for us’. The reason for this is simple: you cannot measure learning. I’ll explain why later.
