Article Contents
- 1. #1: Don’t educate the sport; educate the athlete
- 2. #1: Hear/ask questions
- 3. #1: No plan works completely
- 4. #1: Medals are earned in coaching and picked up on the occasion
- 5. #1: Could your worst enemy not be between your ears
- 6. Extra to return…
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In my profession as a coach, I’ve labored with some wonderful athletes and coaches. Over time, there have been some key classes that it appears everybody should study and be reminded of every now and then. With this yr winding down and planning for the subsequent one underway, I needed to share a few of these key items that inform the way in which that I coach. Hopefully, they will help you.
We’ll cowl 10 essential classes over the subsequent two articles. As a result of I don’t consider that any of those are any extra essential than the others, they are going to all be #1.
#1: Don’t educate the sport; educate the athlete
There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to constructing greatness. Certain, there are developments and methods that you should utilize by way of how a lot work it is advisable to do and what number of repetitions it takes to your mind to study one thing, however that’s not what I’m speaking about right here.
As a bowler, you’ll be able to’t be the subsequent Belmo, or EJ, or Norm Duke; you’ll be able to solely be the perfect—and first—you. It sounds cliché, however it’s so essential to recollect. In his interview with BTM a short while in the past, Francois Lavoie even referenced dropping a little bit of himself making an attempt to adapt his sport somewhat than committing to who he was as a participant.
As a bowler or as a coach, it’s essential to keep in mind that replicating success tales is unimaginable. It could be tempting for a coach to begin instructing all their athletes in the identical means as soon as one bowler finds success. Or it could be tempting for a bowler to emulate another person after they see success, nevertheless it gained’t work. We will’t replicate what another person is doing, however we …
