Koreans 4-months in Jamaica

[kitkat1]

[GREAT COACHING SENTIMENTS FROM OLD TEDDY MCCOOK]

Friday, November 02, 2007

COOPER’S PEN, Trelawny - A delegation of about 30 athletes and coaches from Korea are due in the island later this month for a four-month stint during which they will work with Jamaican coaches.

The Koreans, who will host the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, were in the island earlier this week and made a site inspection of the GC Foster facilities and are due to return later.

The Koreans have been invited by general secretary of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Neville “Teddy” McCook after they won the bid at the last World Championships staged in Osaka, Japan earlier this year.

McCook, who was the guest speaker at Monday’s Gala Recognition Dinner at Starfish Hotel in Trelawny to honour Jamaica’s Trelawny-born athletes, said he thought the collaboration could be mutually beneficial for the Koreans and Jamaicans.

McCook, who is also the president of North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC), said he spoke with the Korean officials right after they won the bid.

“I said to them that is going to be a bit embarrassing for you to host an event and not have a finalist or a representative trying to get a medal in your own country.”

He said they asked how they could change this and it was then that he extended the invitation, adding that he was surprised at the speed with which they responded.

“This was in Osaka (August) and I’m a bit surprised they moved so quickly. They landed Monday, looked around and are prepared to send athletes here from November to March,” McCook said.

While heaping praises on the Jamaican track & field coaches, McCook said they still had some borders to cross before they could be considered “to have arrived”.

"I keep saying to our coaches, it is all well and good that we keep producing a (Usain) Bolt and (Veronica) Campbell and (Michael) Frater, but if you can’t see an athlete in Korea, or India or China doing something wrong, step up to him and say, ‘young man, young lady, you are doing something wrong, this is how you are to do it’, you are not a coach, you have not arrived yet.

“That knowledge you have acquired doesn’t really belong to you; it belongs to the individuals that you are going to help and I say to my coaches continually that you are not a coach or administrator until you can spread your wings to any and everyone that is involved in the sport thatyou choose.”

Fortunately, he says, there is a long list of such coaches in Jamaica.

[Charlie_Francis]

@kitkat1

[GREAT COACHING SENTIMENTS FROM OLD TEDDY MCCOOK]

Friday, November 02, 2007

COOPER’S PEN, Trelawny - A delegation of about 30 athletes and coaches from Korea are due in the island later this month for a four-month stint during which they will work with Jamaican coaches.

The Koreans, who will host the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, were in the island earlier this week and made a site inspection of the GC Foster facilities and are due to return later.

The Koreans have been invited by general secretary of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Neville “Teddy” McCook after they won the bid at the last World Championships staged in Osaka, Japan earlier this year.

McCook, who was the guest speaker at Monday’s Gala Recognition Dinner at Starfish Hotel in Trelawny to honour Jamaica’s Trelawny-born athletes, said he thought the collaboration could be mutually beneficial for the Koreans and Jamaicans.

McCook, who is also the president of North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC), said he spoke with the Korean officials right after they won the bid.

“I said to them that is going to be a bit embarrassing for you to host an event and not have a finalist or a representative trying to get a medal in your own country.”

He said they asked how they could change this and it was then that he extended the invitation, adding that he was surprised at the speed with which they responded.

“This was in Osaka (August) and I’m a bit surprised they moved so quickly. They landed Monday, looked around and are prepared to send athletes here from November to March,” McCook said.

While heaping praises on the Jamaican track & field coaches, McCook said they still had some borders to cross before they could be considered “to have arrived”.

"I keep saying to our coaches, it is all well and good that we keep producing a (Usain) Bolt and (Veronica) Campbell and (Michael) Frater, but if you can’t see an athlete in Korea, or India or China doing something wrong, step up to him and say, ‘young man, young lady, you are doing something wrong, this is how you are to do it’, you are not a coach, you have not arrived yet.

“That knowledge you have acquired doesn’t really belong to you; it belongs to the individuals that you are going to help and I say to my coaches continually that you are not a coach or administrator until you can spread your wings to any and everyone that is involved in the sport thatyou choose.”

Fortunately, he says, there is a long list of such coaches in Jamaica.

Who’s McCook anyway and what sort of nonsense is he talking?
The job of a coach is to get his own charges ready- unless, of course, the Koreans are PAYING for help, which would go a long way to explain McCook’s sudden generosity with his own coachs’ free labor.

[John]

@Charlie_Francis

Who’s McCook anyway and what sort of nonsense is he talking?
The job of a coach is to get his own charges ready- unless, of course, the Koreans are PAYING for help, which would go a long way to explain McCook’s sudden generosity with his own coachs’ free labor.

So why do you and other highly qualified coaches contribute so much time to a free forum? I doubt you recoup the cost of that.

[Charlie_Francis]

@John

So why do you and other highly qualified coaches contribute so much time to a free forum? I doubt you recoup the cost of that.

But we’re not talking about a coach here and I think you get my drift. Whenever you catch a bureaucrat talking about the altruistic duties of others, tighten your grip on your wallet.

[Juggler]

“Whoever tells you that you should exist tor the collective, for the State, is, or wants to be, the State.” – Ayn Rand

[John]

@Charlie_Francis

But we’re not talking about a coach here and I think you get my drift. Whenever you catch a bureaucrat talking about the altruistic duties of others, tighten your grip on your wallet.

fair enough

[nycjay01]

@kitkat1

[GREAT COACHING SENTIMENTS FROM OLD TEDDY MCCOOK]

Friday, November 02, 2007

COOPER’S PEN, Trelawny - A delegation of about 30 athletes and coaches from Korea are due in the island later this month for a four-month stint during which they will work with Jamaican coaches.

The Koreans, who will host the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, were in the island earlier this week and made a site inspection of the GC Foster facilities and are due to return later.

The Koreans have been invited by general secretary of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) Neville “Teddy” McCook after they won the bid at the last World Championships staged in Osaka, Japan earlier this year.

McCook, who was the guest speaker at Monday’s Gala Recognition Dinner at Starfish Hotel in Trelawny to honour Jamaica’s Trelawny-born athletes, said he thought the collaboration could be mutually beneficial for the Koreans and Jamaicans.

McCook, who is also the president of North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC), said he spoke with the Korean officials right after they won the bid.

“I said to them that is going to be a bit embarrassing for you to host an event and not have a finalist or a representative trying to get a medal in your own country.”

He said they asked how they could change this and it was then that he extended the invitation, adding that he was surprised at the speed with which they responded.

“This was in Osaka (August) and I’m a bit surprised they moved so quickly. They landed Monday, looked around and are prepared to send athletes here from November to March,” McCook said.

While heaping praises on the Jamaican track & field coaches, McCook said they still had some borders to cross before they could be considered “to have arrived”.

"I keep saying to our coaches, it is all well and good that we keep producing a (Usain) Bolt and (Veronica) Campbell and (Michael) Frater, but if you can’t see an athlete in Korea, or India or China doing something wrong, step up to him and say, ‘young man, young lady, you are doing something wrong, this is how you are to do it’, you are not a coach, you have not arrived yet.

“That knowledge you have acquired doesn’t really belong to you; it belongs to the individuals that you are going to help and I say to my coaches continually that you are not a coach or administrator until you can spread your wings to any and everyone that is involved in the sport thatyou choose.”

Fortunately, he says, there is a long list of such coaches in Jamaica.

The Koreans must be paying a nice sum for this. I found it weird that he did not mention Asafa when he referenced Jamaicas top athletes. The MVP crew must not be paying up to the powers that be