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At the age of 78, Dutch football coach Dick Advocaat has led the Caribbean island of Curacao to the men’s FIFA World Cup finals for the first time in its history. It’s the latest achievement in a career that has seen him win league titles in four different countries and manage teams from the Netherlands to South Korea, and it has us wondering about the links between age and coaching ability. Aston Moore has coached some of the UK’s top track and field athletes, including world champions Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Phillips Idowu. As his 70th birthday approaches, he tells Ed Harry how his training approaches and philosophies have changed over time. He explains why the knowledge he has accumulated during that time has helped inform his methods, how he has adapted to evolving technologies, and the importance of finding the best way to learn for each athlete. He also reveals the athletes who have taught him the most about his own work and why he believes it is best to encourage the people he coaches to find ways to improve themselves. Ed also talks to journalist Anthony Wootton about what age and experience look like in American football. With coaches like Andy Reid leading some of the NFL’s top franchises, and Bill Belichick, 73, coaching college football after his successes with the New England Patriots, is experience something that is valued differently in American sports? Could the rest of the world learn from your approach of giving coaches time to establish themselves? More than the Score is the BBC World Service’s daily podcast exploring stories from around the world of sport. Every Monday to Friday, we tell stories beyond the scoreboard, from tennis to football, from boxing to bobsleigh and from rugby league to the NFL. We have interviews with extraordinary athletes like pole vaulting titan Mondo Duplantis, boxing royalty Cecilia Braekhus and tennis legend Boris Becker, as well as the experts working behind the scenes, from top soccer scouts to the physical therapists who keep NBA stars in tip-top condition. In addition, we have the experience of the BBC’s best journalists, who share their knowledge from decades of covering sport at all levels. And if you have your own opinion about the stories we cover, we’d love to hear from you. Email morethanthescore@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 0044 800 032 0470. More information, along with our privacy notice, can be found on our website: www.bbcworldservice.com/morethanthescore
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