Something I am observing more often is people wanting to
be something they are not. Start with the coach – The coach wants to be a
therapist or a scientist. The ATC wants to be a physical therapist. The
physical therapist wants to be an MD. The MD, well not sure on that one, in many
cases they want to be entrepreneurs and some are coaching wannabe’s. The sport
scientist wants to be a coach without being accountable for the results in
competition unless they are spectacular and they can claim success. Parents,
they definitely want to be coaches. Here is a simple solution. Everyone do your job
and do it well. Know enough about what everyone else does so that you can
communicate with the other professionals, parents and boosters, but do your
job. Know what do you know and you don’t know and do the best with what you
have.
2 Comments
Jonathan Hewitt
Don’t you think it’s possible to wear many different hats and wear them well? Doesn’t a prent HAVE to be a coach to a certain degree whether inreferrence to sport or to life in general? Just like a coach has to be a teacher to a certain degree. Haven’t we been urged to become a gerneralist and now we are being told to stay in our little boxes with labels on them? Which one is it?
Vern gambetta
I urge you to read the post again and think about a little bit. You must wear many different hats, but you still have to do the job assigned. Not about being a specialist. A generalist will probably be able to do a better job of communication.