Performance, not results: How Spurs and QPR develop young players

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Performance, not results: How Spurs and QPR develop young players

Harry Kane was one of many current talents who developed within Spurs' extensive, technique-based plan. Chris Ramsey points at the cracked screen of his touch-pad where two pyramids represent the priorities of the first team and the development team. The first team's pyramid is pointed side down. At the bottom, the least important aspect of the first team is the individual. In the middle is the team performance and at the top, the widest segment of all, is the result. The development pyramid is inverted. Here the result is the least important aspect, then the team performance and then, broadest of...

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