“If you don't have time to do it right,
When will you have time to do it over?"
~ Coach John Wooden ~
When I became a teacher, I did so because I CARED about kids and wanted to show them how amazing it is to be strong and healthy. I wanted to teach kids how to think for themselves, to gain confidence and learn about developing empowering habits.
I left teaching after 11 years because I realized that the schools I worked for did NOT truly care about the kids. You can SAY something, but what you DO is what truly speaks the TRUTH.
I remember the Football Team was going on a state record LOSING streak.... 5 years of losing. They lost 46 games in a row, I believe the number was? EVERY year, I spoke to the AD and offered my help to the Football Coaches. They NEVER took me up on an offer to help train the team.
"Hey, Coach, thanks for Caring!!"
We've had athletes threatened that if they were to train with us or anywhere outside of Coach X's guidance, they would be removed from the team. What kind of egotistical Coach says that? It's NOT just men in coaching, women have done the same
"Hey, Coach, thanks for Caring!!"
The athletes get brain washed and threatened, and in the end, they get hurt and never achieve their true potential. They miss out on having fun as well. I see it every season, every year.... and it's getting worst every year. It seriously breaks my heart.
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7 Responses
This crap happens everywhere, and in all sports! Every coach I meet I tell them, “I will do it for free! If you don’t like it then nothing lost! If you do then we can talk money, but I will tell you this your booster clubs with all their money could fund this easily!” NOTHING!
I have had athletes train with me being told by the coaches that it is manditory they workout only at the high school. The last time I went there I popped in because the father wanted me to check it out. I walked right past the office and straight to the weightroom without an appointment and what I saw blew my mind. Kids weighing 150# trying to deadlift a 315# bar! Struggling with poor form on the bench! And squatting form that would make Louie pass out it was so bad. Fifty kids with poor form training. Worse yet the reverse hypers were stacked full of papers (make shift desk)! I imagined what Louie would do if he saw that scene.
I didn’t see anyone instructing so I hoped into coach mode and started peeling weights. The kids looked at me like I was a freak, and “Who the hell is this guy?” After getting the boys together to go over proper form of a squat and having them do it I turned to one and asked, “Where is your coach?” “He is in the cardio room.” Sure enough his fat ass was watching TV while walking at 2.5mph. I walked up and introduced myself and told him why I was there. He hopped off the treadmill and was stunned (caught that bastard). I told him what was wrong with his training, and how the athletes could get hurt. I offered my services, and he replied, “We have it covered.” I nodded my head and walked away. I told the father to not let the kids train there, but if they wanted to play they had to. So I taught them the proper way to lift. It was more teaching so they could pass it on. Also, training since they had to wait 10 minutes between sets, and there was no circuit. I told them, “Ever wonder how I can cover more exercises with more intensity in a short period of time.” “Being in the weight room for 2 hours every night isn’t going to help! It is quality not quantity!”
Dude you got me fired up on this one!
Yea bro, in Football, they HAVE to be in the weight room, so we cover everything they don’t cover…..
Proper Form
Full Range Lifts
Odd Lifts
etc.
The SMART parents will help the kids get to you, the parents must be on the same page and can’t allow lame coaches to run the show
Very true Cem! The impact coaches have on these kids is huge… In a positive AND negative way. I wrote about a similar scenario in my blog a short while back. http://fitnesscoachblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/i-figured-out-your-problem-coach.html?m=1
Zach, EGO is the root of all evil! ha ha, in a way it’s true though. I’ve watched my old HS football team blow every opportunity they’ve been given because of the ego of a coach, poor kids! In most institutional situations it’s not about the kids but retirement benefits! keep it coming BIG Z!
Brian, crap, sometimes it is guys / coaches just collecting a pay check and they can’t get rid of him due to tenure, etc.
Kids are # 1 – and the only way to prove that is by walking the talk and TRULY making it happen!
Hey Zach you hit the nail on the head.
I have been calling and sending emailing local high schools out here on Staten Island and I get no response. The athletes I train have found me and are thankful they did. In the school weight room there is ZERO supervision or you have one coach that doesn’t live the code and expects the athletes to training seriously and hard. How is that possible with out direction or a mentor/coach that they see mixing it up with them.
It eats me up. Especially when I hear if my coach new I was here he would bench me.
Do you have any advise ?
Juan, first of all, when connecting w/coaches, see how U can FILL their gaps.
If they do ALL bigger, faster, stronger (and most f**k that program up anyway) then U do more Underground Strength style w/them.
Also, from a biz stand point, you need to train adults AND athletes
Athletes just don’t have the drive they once did, and,we are also tangling w/their coaches who try to strike fear into them
I’ve heard the same, from BOTH male and female athletes!