鈥淨uality questions create a quality life,鈥 says Tony Robbins.
I couldn鈥檛 agree more. When I interview athletes or coaches to dig for non-obvious tactics, I often start with some combination of the below. These can also be modified for any skill or topic outside sports. Simply replace [sport] with what you want to learn, and find a good mentor. You can often locate world-class athletes via Google who are willing to answer these on Skype for $50 to $100 per hour.
鈥淲ho is good at [sport] despite being poorly built for it? Who鈥檚 good at this who shouldn鈥檛 be?鈥
鈥淲ho are the most controversial or unorthodox athletes or trainers in [sport]? Why? What do you think of them?鈥
鈥淲ho are the most impressive lesser-known teachers?鈥
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Expert advice on happiness, meaning, and secrets to success鈥淲hat makes you different? What鈥檚 the oddest thing you do for training? Who trained you or influenced you?鈥
鈥淲hat are the biggest mistakes and myths you see聽in [sport] training? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices?鈥
鈥淲hat are your favorite instructional books or resources on the subject? If people had to teach themselves, what would you suggest they use?鈥
鈥淚f you were to train me for eight weeks for a [sport] competition and had a million dollars on the line, what would the training look like? How would it change if we had only four weeks?鈥