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Can you train a person on anticipation skills?

I am not sure all of you will understand the way I understand "anticipation skills". Hence, let me first try to bring all of us on the same page.

Easiest way to explain this is if you have played soccer. The team is making a move towards the opponent goalpost. There is this one person (usually the striker) who anticipates where will the ball r  sent to him for him to shoot / head at the goal. This is anticipation skills. For those of you who are avid followers of the game will remember Paolo Rossi of Italy in World Cup of 1982  as a master of this " art".

However, this is not a skill that is required for soccer alone; it is a critical skill in everyday life. For example, in Delhi at least, I will not park my vehicle in a "parking" area that is not supervised. It is bound to cause some problem after I return, as some "idiot" will park his car right behind you so that you are unable to take out your car. This requires anticipation skills. Similar situations arrive in your life everyday and when you fail to anticipate, you wish you had better anticipation skills.

Now, my question is can we train someone in this skill. I consider this as an important skills in employment situation, and hence, is an employability skill.

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