Are you really a good coach when only one or two survivors
of your program run fast and the rest are hurt or cast by the wayside?
Development is not a war of attrition, but a systematic process of gradual
adaptation to training stress. It takes talent, time, patience, dedication,
planning and focus on the process. No quick fixes. Honor and respect for the
individual is important. No two individuals are the same. Before we lionize
these guys as great coaches take a closer look at their methods. How many did
they break along the way to produce one or two medals? It does not have to be like that.
3 Comments
Gerald
Hi Vern
You are so right
In Australia we have a Australian Rules Football team Essendon Football Club that had decided to build big athletes in a hurry.
They had no patience with young athletes wanted to turn them into men quicker than the other teams do.
The result is (you guessed it) broken players.
In a league where the soft tissue injury count for the season per team is about five they have thirty one.
The most worrying thing is most are hamstrings which seem to stay for a very long time
Seems like they have no respect for history
At least one of the coaching staff has been hell bent on making a name for himself.
I suspect he has now but not for the reasons that he hoped.
Cheers
Gerald
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