One of the things I am trying to reinforce with my son is something that Charlie instilled and wanted for him also … You don’t have to be religious to follow simple rules about " doing to other’s as you might want them to do to you ".
What seems fun to me is to watch what ends up happening once these athletes that get lured away from their origin of success … Sadly professionalism does not always exist within the sporting world does it?
Track is a wonderful sport but because it is an individual sport the mentality within some of the players is a bit different than athlete’s that succeed within the environment of a team sport. The idea of working together as a team is a life skill. If an athlete is not smart enough or wise enough at any given time to see or appreciate this fact it might be argued that this person in question may have done you and or your wife a favor for leaving.
So true.
It costs nothing to smile and in a situation where you don’t want to be, smile and walk away. As a coach we also must remember they are someone else’s kid so everything is based on being honest.
Married for 34 years, 2 boys and one grandson. Barb gave away her career to raise a family then went back to it. Currently studing for a masters in law. Sebastions mother says Barb coaches like a mother, only another mother can fully grasp what she means
Seb will be completing years 11 and 12 over 3 years. He has not received a clearance from his physio, his program will not be drafted beforehand.
Spent the day working with Aaron on his motor. $200 car has had $2,000 spent on it.
Tomorrow at Blacktown with Barb helping with Fredrick and two girls. Fredric is 13, competed as a 15yr in triple and come home with bronze. Walks like Asapha Powell.
One of the kids had a discussion about training with his pe teacher at school. I did not know that a muscle had a memory.
School carnivals have started.
Jersey pb in 100, won all events entered
Helen records for HJ and 200, won all events entered
Caught up with Emil he was coaching Anthony. Hallam, Smith then Emil.
Saturdays training
Seb and Anthony chatted, my mate from Blacktown sacked them both.
Jersey’s school run was. .8 pb /100
Helen pb’s 100/200 and all 3 jumps
Project 1
The RX2 is in Newcastle. 13b extended bridgeport on av gas. Dedicated race car.
Never thought I would do it but back training 2 x 9 year olds and 1 x 13 year old. The last athlete I started coaching at 9 was Olivia Tauro.
Guess I must be doing something right, watching others I can see my stupid way of doing drills spreading amongst the ***.
What is Olivia up to these days? She doesn’t seem to raced for quite a while. Retired? Injured?
I think she needed time away. 10+ years training, no improving of times for almost 6 years. She is now working and her boss is involved in athletics. Who knows she may come back a little more mature.
She has progressed from LA’s to seniors to having her own life. Every decision she makes will be her own. I personally believe she still has a lot to offer and managed properly could still be a role model for for a few generations yet.
the little almost 9 year old girl has been training for 3 weeks today, decided to do 100m timetrials. 3 runs with 3 mins plus walkback recovery. The slowest was a 2 second pb. Mum said they could not believe the non conventional training actually worked. She had previously trained her the same as she was trained when an athlete.
9 years old in a couple of weeks.
3 min best time
Pb by twenty seconds:-)
Blow up and burst
seven balloon with spike shoes
Ten to fourteen meters
Balloon every two
Back the finish line between every balloon
Does handstands in her breaks
Sabrina made the next level in 200 & 400. She was still sore from training two days earlier.
Mark made the school oztag team. Selected by timetrials, his first ever representative outing.
Jersey qualified for CCC in the jumps, did not make it in the 100.
Fredric is to take 5 weeks off, Osgood. Seems he is running 10 x 300 off 5 mins or 10 x 100 off 1.5 mins. Add a growth spurt and expect problems with a 14 year old
Sady,
This is a great deal of work for a 14 year old don’t you think?
QUOTE=Angela Coon;247607]Sady,
This is a great deal of work for a 14 year old don’t you think?[/QUOTE]
I certainly do, I told his mother to see a doctor and in the meantime take a 5 week break. I suggested to her that in more than 20 years of coaching this is the third young athlete we have coached with this injury, the last was 15 years ago. I will help the lad get through it but if he continues the same workload I will walk away.
A couple more got to the next level. My standout is a nine year old, he was leading at the 60 and ran the last 40 looking at the crowd in the grandstand. Told his mum he couldnt help it as they were all cheering. He finished fifth.
Stuff the glory.
I certainly do, I told his mother to see a doctor and in the meantime take a 5 week break. I suggested to her that in more than 20 years of coaching this is the third young athlete we have coached with this injury, the last was 15 years ago. I will help the lad get through it but if he continues the same workload I will walk away.[/QUOTE]
You told his mother to see a doctor?
I certainly do, I told his mother to see a doctor and in the meantime take a 5 week break. I suggested to her that in more than 20 years of coaching this is the third young athlete we have coached with this injury, the last was 15 years ago. I will help the lad get through it but if he continues the same workload I will walk away.[/QUOTE]
You told the mother to go see a doctor?:eek: