Originally Posted by
carleton
So, is the purpose of these programs to identify fast athletes or to develop fast athletes?
While these are related and go hand-in-hand, they are very different things. It seems that USA Cycling's approach to all of this is Talent Identification, not Talent Development.
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The model seems to be 20 years behind still
I'll use Marty as an example ------ its widely known that the Bear took an interest in him early on and helped develop him ---
Then - USAC has a lightbulb moment and says huzzah! -- a WC candidate we can get our hopes up for ! ---- Or the Carney bros - who had been riding road at a pro/cat1/2 level for years
Like you said, ---- they did not develop talent, they identified it -- (old references,sure )