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| Sunday, June 29, 2008 |
The following is taken from an email I wrote to one of the members of the training group. He had written to me about why his workout times were not in the range I had for him. I think it provides a good perspective of the approach I take in coaching the MHRRC group.
"The switch from coaching high school athletes to coaching adults was quite an adjustment for me. The high school kids HAD to be at practice every day and pretty much follow instructions to the letter (with lots of individual adjustments mixed in). One of the biggest adjustments to coaching adults was realizing they would come to practices when it fit their very busy lifestyles. For some it would be a priority and if they did not have an over abundance of obligations they would be at practice on a regular basis. Those with jobs, kids, and other interests would come when they could. Also, adults tended to come with their own ideas of how they wanted to do things: warm-up, cool-down, recovery time, number of intervals, etc. I learned early on not to take any of that personally. My biggest jobs were to provide a framework for people to work around, provide what knowledge I have of the sport, encourage those who were new to or just returning to the sport and set up a weekly time for everyone to get together and run. I think it's worked out." |
posted by Steve @ 8:33 PM  |
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