NCAA T&F Problems

[Daniel_Martinez]

@mortac8

I was thinking ‘pipe dream’. I know USATF coaching education is “undergoing changes” but I don’t know what exactly they changing. The one change I would like to see is more difficulty / more class requirements. However difficulty and requirements means more cost and less students. It always comes back to money.

I know the IAAF has a coaching education path that seems to be better…seem much more demanding. I was pretty excited about it when I discovered it but you generally have to travel out of the country to get involved with it. I am still always looking into that option personally.

The best school is often the school of hard knocks…and being accepting the fact that performances are largely a reflection of you, for better or worse (coaches need to get out of the habit of always blaming the athletes when things don’t go well). Some sort of mentorship is tremendous also if possible.

Nothing motivates “better” than intrinsic motivation for success and/or financial incentive. Products of communism/socialism based programs often despise the methods used to create their performance.

The pressure ultimately falls to the individual… and most who advocate for more state support typically lack an appreciation for what their freedom offers them or lack an understanding of all that comes with more government/state involvement.

Example given:
Let’s say that, in Fantasyland, the people who take control over a state-sponsored/run training program are the same majority who now bastardize the development process (why would the balance suddenly shift?). Assuming state involvement/regulation would correct the current process is assuming that the state would get it right.

I will leave it to Charlie, Pfaff, and many others to steer things in the right direction and allow the few to dominate the many.