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iso,
I strongly doubt a coach could get the curiosity out of you!!!
I also doubt you are easy to coach... I was lucky as a teen because I had a very good fencing coach (Olympic level) and I learned to put my trust in a coach. Now, I can still do that since I understand I have to get in the zone the coach is trying to put me.
In technical sports, it's often weird because many coaches just don't understand well what's going on and will have explanations (physics) that are out of whack. Still they can be good coaches because they will get you to feel and perform correctly. This can be hard on the trust tough! |
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isobars
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| Sailboarder wrote: | iso,
I strongly doubt a coach could get the curiosity out of you!!!
I also doubt you are easy to coach... I was lucky as a teen because I had a very good fencing coach (Olympic level) and I learned to put my trust in a coach. Now, I can still do that since I understand I have to get in the zone the coach is trying to put me.
In technical sports, it's often weird because many coaches just don't understand well what's going on and will have explanations (physics) that are out of whack. Still they can be good coaches because they will get you to feel and perform correctly. This can be hard on the trust tough! |
I doubt it, too, both because of my nature and the fact that no two of us are alike. Whether it's coaches, doctors, nutritionists, teachers, etc., the large-population statistics they must rely on for facts and methods are guidelines, not rigid rules, and (should) change as research progresses. I've had two sports coaches, one exceptional and one exceptionally bad from my perspective. My Tai Kwan-do instructor rewarded positive results, while my HS track coach was all about denigration. Guess which sport I stuck with longer. When I pay a gym instructor (most of ours have degrees in sports physiology and compete in many sports), they often tell me they learn something new from me. None of us can know everything.
Any instructor, for example, who tells me to make wiiiiide, gliding step jibes is obviously not considering my lack of balance, especially without a powered-up sail in my hands. I just ask him how well he can jibe after chugging a fifth of whiskey (I can't stand up well on one beer.)
My knee rehab PT, however, does knees full time and is facing the inevitable arthritis a decade after his own ACL repair. I had pages of questions, alright, but he was Da Boss. |
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