Post by sam on Aug 11, 2004 0:35:32 GMT 1
I do believe in the freedom of information. if a coach has something to tell me about one of my athletes then thay should tell me or my athlete and we will look at it and see if it works. If we choose to ignore the advice my athlete may never reach full potential.
I am a firm believer in the coach and athlete relationship. the athlete should see the coach as a friend and vice versa. I do also believe in the athlete having the freedom to train with other groups at times. it may help them to train with throwers of a similar ability of better. the chance to train with people they don't know that well may give them the chance to get their head down and concentrate on the job in hand. It also builds bonds with fellow throwers. The bonds are good for the competitive season. if you meet people that know you then you can push each other further. you can feel confident to speak to another thrower about your technique to see if they can pick up on something that may be going wrong.
I have travelled hundreds of miles in the past 2 years visiting different coaches and training groups to see their methods. It is an attempt on my part to further the knowledge and ideas i have in my head. to help me help my athletes.
The trouble with most of the coaches in the UK is that they become posessive of their athletes. they see the throwers achievements as their own. I am lucky enough to be coaching the current UK number1 javelin thrower for the U15Boys Bonne Buwembo. He is a very tallented thrower. i haven't done that much with him just given him guidence and feedback to his technique. his strength and arm speed is phenominal better than any other thrower i have ever seen. now if it became a fact that i felt that i could no longer offer Bonne the right level of skill and knowledge i would advise him of somewhere better to go. his only troubles are that he has no other transport than that given by me. i would then offer to transport him to see a better coach once a week and futher my own knowledge to help him.
Why is it that this does not seem to happen accross the board. I am aware that there are many excellent coaches but how many of them have other coaches coming to them to gain extra knowledge?
i was lucky enough to go to the EIS at sheffield this summer and meet with Brian Parkes. he gave me an insight into the work done there. he gave me training schedules and other usefull information including video footage of training sessions. all of which i shall be using with my own group this winter. I shall also be taking my group up there to train in the centre. How many coaches are prepared to do that? travel several hundred miles for the sake of their athletes?
I do hope that the coaches of the athletes that are going to be coming to the festival don't have a fit when the athletes come back with hand outs on technique and training and strength and stretching...etc...
I hope that the coaches sit down ith the athletes and look through the information take some on board and discard other bits ....work on what they think is a good idea and come out next season all guns blazing with substantial improvements in their technique and distances.
Sam
I am a firm believer in the coach and athlete relationship. the athlete should see the coach as a friend and vice versa. I do also believe in the athlete having the freedom to train with other groups at times. it may help them to train with throwers of a similar ability of better. the chance to train with people they don't know that well may give them the chance to get their head down and concentrate on the job in hand. It also builds bonds with fellow throwers. The bonds are good for the competitive season. if you meet people that know you then you can push each other further. you can feel confident to speak to another thrower about your technique to see if they can pick up on something that may be going wrong.
I have travelled hundreds of miles in the past 2 years visiting different coaches and training groups to see their methods. It is an attempt on my part to further the knowledge and ideas i have in my head. to help me help my athletes.
The trouble with most of the coaches in the UK is that they become posessive of their athletes. they see the throwers achievements as their own. I am lucky enough to be coaching the current UK number1 javelin thrower for the U15Boys Bonne Buwembo. He is a very tallented thrower. i haven't done that much with him just given him guidence and feedback to his technique. his strength and arm speed is phenominal better than any other thrower i have ever seen. now if it became a fact that i felt that i could no longer offer Bonne the right level of skill and knowledge i would advise him of somewhere better to go. his only troubles are that he has no other transport than that given by me. i would then offer to transport him to see a better coach once a week and futher my own knowledge to help him.
Why is it that this does not seem to happen accross the board. I am aware that there are many excellent coaches but how many of them have other coaches coming to them to gain extra knowledge?
i was lucky enough to go to the EIS at sheffield this summer and meet with Brian Parkes. he gave me an insight into the work done there. he gave me training schedules and other usefull information including video footage of training sessions. all of which i shall be using with my own group this winter. I shall also be taking my group up there to train in the centre. How many coaches are prepared to do that? travel several hundred miles for the sake of their athletes?
I do hope that the coaches of the athletes that are going to be coming to the festival don't have a fit when the athletes come back with hand outs on technique and training and strength and stretching...etc...
I hope that the coaches sit down ith the athletes and look through the information take some on board and discard other bits ....work on what they think is a good idea and come out next season all guns blazing with substantial improvements in their technique and distances.
Sam
