Paul Connolly: Uni at 40, Then Man City, Then the Real Lesson
Paul Connolly started out in care and counselling. At 40, after a talk at Old Trafford, he went back to university to study sports psychology, and that took him into the dressing room at Manchester City and on to Lancashire Cricket.
In this conversation we talk about what he saw behind the scenes in professional sport, why he says there's no research to back up spotting a superstar at six, what an RAF Chinook crew taught him about staying calm under pressure, and why so many people end up as managers without ever being shown how to manage.
Paul now mentors coaches across football, cricket and…
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