The Story that High 5 Forgot:
I'd call this post a "fable," but that wouldn't be entirely accurate, because the story is true.
Before the 2002 Olympics, as US Speedskating was in the process of designing their training programs, they invited Russian coach and sports science expert Boris Vasilkovsky to give a seminar to the US coaches. The Americans learned a great deal from Boris, taking notes as he presented his training philosophy in detail.
After the seminar, someone came up to Boris and asked him, "Why did you just share all that intellectual property with your competition? Aren't you worried that they will use it to train their own skaters to beat yours?"
To this, Boris replied, "I am not concerned. Without me there on a daily basis to observe the skaters and modify the program based on their performance in training, they cannot take full advantage of what they have learned."
I'd call this post a "fable," but that wouldn't be entirely accurate, because the story is true.
Before the 2002 Olympics, as US Speedskating was in the process of designing their training programs, they invited Russian coach and sports science expert Boris Vasilkovsky to give a seminar to the US coaches. The Americans learned a great deal from Boris, taking notes as he presented his training philosophy in detail.
After the seminar, someone came up to Boris and asked him, "Why did you just share all that intellectual property with your competition? Aren't you worried that they will use it to train their own skaters to beat yours?"
To this, Boris replied, "I am not concerned. Without me there on a daily basis to observe the skaters and modify the program based on their performance in training, they cannot take full advantage of what they have learned."
posted by Eva at 10:28 AM
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