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I love the pragmatic approach that coaches take to technology use. Nevertheless, sometimes it is a tough gig to pull out a laptop in front of people who often lead active lives avoiding screen-time and may never have had the support of a teched-up corporate environment. So how would it be to face two hundred of England’s most talented young coaches and officials at the Youth Sport Trust’s annual academy? The Youth Sport Trust is a charity devoted to changing young people’s lives through sport. Their academy is a three day hot-house for the new talent nominated by the national governing bodies funded by Sport England. The idea is to inspire and educate by bringing them into contact with new ideas, top level coaches and their peers in other sports. When I joined them at 8:30pm on Technology Night, they were well into the second day of the academy and,…