CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the way-out methods adopted by coaches throughout the world...some work, and some certainly don’t!

LIFTING weights while speaking French. Catching and throwing a tennis ball while simultaneously shouting out a sequence of colours. Weak foot practice using a football in a bag – Charlton’s new boss Jose Riga isn’t exactly Mike Bassett.
The Belgian – a former IT consultant and software designer – is a proponent of CogiTraining, which sees players train their brains as rigorously as their muscles.
“We want players to pick up...