Every time I watch athletes move whether they are novices or elite I can’t help but marvel at the poetry of human motion. The body is so efficient and remarkable in it’s ability to solve complex movement problems. It just never ceases to surprise me, in many ways it is predictably unpredictable in it's ability to adapt. The body is not a machine constructed of interchangeable parts, it a kinetic chain consisting of interdependent links that work in harmony to reduce and produce force in reaction to gravity and the ground. In coaching to refine human motion we must stress connections, linkages, coordination and rhythm. This allow's the body to work it’s magic, produce the poetry of motion that allows it to self organize and solve complex movement problems. The human body has the remarkable ability to produce finely tuned movements that in the initial stages of learning appear uncoordinated and disjointed but through error detection and subsequent correction discard what does not work and refine and perfect what does work. So coaching is learning to guide, to direct and sometimes to stay out of the way and allow the wisdom of the body take over and be confident in our guidance.
