The information in this book comes from a man known as "The Original Copycat"; a man that has shared his knowledge, wisdom, and opinion about sport with coaches and players around the world. His teachings craft every step of the universal laws of learning, turning his teachings into watching, listening, repetition, habit, and instinct. He focuses his development on the person's mind first, then trains every athlete as though they were a work of art.
He's an analytical thinker and a natural-born teacher who loves to build programs; programs that develop not only teams, but people. Like works of art, such programs take time to perfect and no one understands better than Marvin Harvey, the amount of time or patience necessary to see these programs plant developmental seeds--often with no visible or immediate signs of success. One might draw comparison to the Chinese Bamboo Tree. The tree appears to sprout tall and strong suddenly and without the benefit of nurturing, but we know better. We know that most endeavors grow with time so you'll be reminded to patiently till your soil throughout this book.
People have copied Harvey's work for more than two decades but can't seem to understand how the details, process, critical thinking, and knowledge all work together--yet they still copy. He refuses to compromise instruction and holds fast to the belief that fundamentals are not elementary. He has a very short list of specific clients and a "Who's Who" list of professional clients that you will seldom hear him talk about. His career includes twenty-three years of coaching on the college and high school levels, as well as coaching in amateur level championships.
After two decades of being an exclusive, professional sports trainer and experiencing the way things were on the collegiate level, he decided to develop his own hypothesis, which is the result of countless, in-depth conversations with coaches and players at every level. Now, based on a combination of personal observations, experiences, and conversations, he gives you the conclusion of his relationship study between those coaches and players. In short, he has been able to not only identity what the problem is, but has also discovered why the problem exists.
Through both research and application, he has found that coaches are not building on what they know; they are building on what to do with what they know. In a time when it seems that the power to absorb talent is greater than the power to educate it, and that the focus is on winning--not teaching where everyone is given a chance to learn--Marvin Harvey remains a steadfast teacher who believes everyone wins through player development.
