Catch 'em young

I know that the title has been used often w.r.t to young minds and sportspersons. But this has impressed me so much of late thanks to two sports, tennis and football.
In tennis, the champions start by the age of 16-17 and by the time they are 20 or so they are at the top of the world. By the age of 25 they hang their raquets or they are not the same force to reckon with. The age of retirement has come down considerably. Just look at the Williams sisters. Around 3 years back, they ruled Women's tennis. Now they struggle to get past players they would just brush away in their hey days. Though this phenomenon is not visible yet in Men's tennis, the major players are in their 20s and a few good players are still in their teens.

Secondly, football. Wayne Rooney is 18, C. Ronaldo 20 , Robinho 21 . These are the hot names in football and look at their ages!. Football being a very physical game gives a short playing time to players. So if you start early, you get some more time.

So what should we do? I do not think we can do much in football right now as it is a team game and it is difficult to get good talent really young. But in tennis, yes. Get the players really young. And make them pro by the age of 16 or 17. This will give them lots of opportuntites to win.

Bye for now.

Goal

Hi, writing after a long time. Just that did not find anything good enough to blog.
The title of the blog may make it similar to my previous one on football, but it is not about that.
It is about a book titled "The Goal".
This book is a mangament book but written like a novel with lots of drama. The protagonist of the book is a manager trying to save his plant and his personal life too. The book is all about how he does it along with some very good management.
BTW the book takes a very simplified stand: Every organization is there for a goal. Any action that takes it towards its goal is productive and anything that does not is not productive.
So beautifully said. This can be applied to our personal life too.
Every person has (must have ) a goal in life. Anything that the person does, which takes him closer to his goal is good and the other actions are not good. But how easy is it to find a goal in life!
Remember, it is not a goal for a couple of months or a couple of years, but for the entire life.
Let me see what use I can make of the old things I have learned (in a new way).
Bye for now.