Dave Alred gives his insight into getting the best out of world-class athletes

Jonny Wilkinson is recognised as one of rugby's greatest kickers and this week Sky Sports caught up with the man behind the Toulon ace, Dave Alred.

"Often somebody from the outside can look at somebody and in 30 seconds can identify what needs to happen. But it doesn't take 30 seconds to fix, sadly. Being aware of it is the first thing and the second thing is then working out a practice schedule that allows him to change that. "Phil Mickelson despite winning the Scottish Open and the British Open still works with Butch Harmon. I think there is an arrogance to believe that a player knows it all. The same too with coaching, we don't know it all and the whole issue of performance is a world of discovery still." Alred is a supporter of Gillette's Great Start Coaching Programme that celebrates the important role of coaches and encourages people to get into coaching by offering grants. "I think it's fantastic. It's one of the best things that's happened in grass-roots coaching. The national governing bodies to their credit really do work hard on the technical aspects of the sport. What Gillette have done is given a way of delivery to hopefully allow the coaches (a) to enjoy their coaching more and (b) to be able to create more sustainable change to the athletes and the kids that they are working with. "I hope the aspiring young coaches can go away and actually question the way they deliver and organise sessions so that they become more exciting for the people that are being involved, so that they have a greater longevity within the sport. "This, to me, it might be seen as something that is 'we're just going to help people', but actually it's giving people the tools to make a much more sustainable change on the individuals. I think it's a fantastic opportunity. Anybody that is coming to the end of their playing career or deciding that coaching is going to be better than playing or whatever else, should really get in touch through the Facebook page and look at ways of getting funded to get started on a coaching career. "That is where the future of British sport lies as well as this whole issue of the threat of obesity with teenagers, so we need to enthuse about involvement in sport as part, if you like, of the medical challenge which is right around the corner if we're not careful. Dave Alred supports Gillette's Great Start programme that celebrates the important role of coaches and encourages people to get into coaching by offering grants. To apply for a coaching grant visit www.facebook.co.uk/GilletteUK