| Depends on the sport.
Let's take tennis as an example. A tennis player doesn't get out there and play one identical shot over and over again. They have to learn a range of shots, and moreover, the tactics of shot selection. This is something that a new coach could very definitely have an immediate impact on, by advising the player on the best game plan to adopt for each match.
For archers, it's very different. We just have to take one shot, regardless of circumstance. For us in practice the difficulty comes in how to build that shot, and how to maintain it in even the most stressful of circumstances. Perhaps a good coach can have a very rapid effect on the later, but changes to the former almost always take time to bed in.
Just my 2p. |