Absolutely outstanding trip to Trinidad to present to Netball
and Volleyball coaches on Athletic Development for the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. Three long very productive and satisfying days. It is so much
fun to teach in an environment where coaches are hungry to learn and improve.
They already are a high standard but are looking to improve and fine tune.
The
biggest obstacle in Trinidad and elsewhere is breaking away from some of the
traditional paradigms of building an aerobic base, a traditional approach to
strength training as only weight training and more work being better work. We
made progress. Perhaps the biggest point that I wanted to teach was to train for
the sport you are playing. Base everything you do on Sport Demands Analysis. Prepare
for the game you are actually playing, not the game you think you are playing.
I am looking forward to going back on July 25 to do two 3.5-day workshops with Rugby
and Soccer. T&T has a wealth of athletic and coaching talent. It is an
honor to be able to work in this enviorment.
Howard
Vern
Do you feel that smaller countries are able to make better progress / maintain a higher standard of coaching than large countries? Less “noise” and people get “found out”?