I try not to take any of this too seriously (lest I lose all perspective) but knowing the extent of your regard for Sergey that is an unmatchable compliment. Thank you, Pete.
Paul, as you well know, competitive paintball is a precarious balance between what you train your guys to do and what they actually do.
The latter for the most part being determined by circumstances upon the field of play.
The closer you can get these two facets of our game, the more successful you will become obviously dependent upon your understanding of the game as a coach and whether or not this has translated itself during training.
Sergey has managed to narrow that gap more than most and will continue to be successful all the time he maintains interest in our sport.
Our problem in the UK is not so much getting teams to the heady heights of the NXL because at present we haven't got a team anywhere near that, our problem is getting teams from novice ability up to the standard of semi pro ...
We have a dire combination of a lack of teams, a lack of teams who aspire to improve, and a lack of coaches who know what they are doing.
Until we get those sorted out, we don't have much chance of improving our lot but hey, who said it was gonna be easy
