Rich, I think from everything you have said, you handle your daughters training very intelligently. I found Hannah to be something special. Will she plateau? Maybe, maybe not. You know these girls on a daily basis far better than any of us, so I respect your thoughts. Trust me, you didn’t waste you money on Charlie’s material. Some people of here sometimes lack tact. You have some wonderful resources like James Smith, Number 2, etc. There are so many great minds on here. I remember a conversation I had with a kid in Jamaica 7 years ago. I believe the kid said “Dave, if you think Asafa is fast, wait til this kid Bolt shows up!” He said he was going to be faster and what happened. Yes, there are alot of things that can happen between now and then, but lets applaud a young lady who has shown some amazing talent and to parents who support her without jamming it down her throat. Good luck to you, your daughter, and Hannah. By the way, the thread on Cardiac issues was brilliant.
Thank you for your very kind words, and wisdom.
I may have been viewed as somewhat “defensive” and should have not commented early on some things that I did.
I feel comfortable here now, and see there is a great group of people here and I hope I didn’t ruffle anyones feathers too much…
I feel comfortable enough to even try to explain why my comments may sometimes sound a little irrational.
I am constantly up or down on chronic pain medication, which at times makes the thought process very difficult, foggy or worse, emotional…so I hope no one took anything I wrote personal.
I am slowly reading through the Charlies “Training System” as it is very difficult for me to read/concentrate/comprehend much at a time, due to what I mentioned earlier, very frustrating because I love to read.
I am learning alot, and I feel very lucky to have met you guys and hope one day I can contribute here also.
Again, thank you!
Rick
I am sorry to hear about the pain medication. My Mom deals with it daily and I have seen how it affects people. As for reading CFTS slowly, I doubt there is a member on here who hasn’t reread it 10 times. I refer to it often. Trust me, Charlie was so brilliant that anytime I ever spent time with him, I told Angela I felt dumber for having visited. You would think that you would begin to close the knowledge gap, but Charlie was still growing at his passing. I have met many intelligent people, but he was easily top 5. That includes the many Orthos and medical specialists I have met over the years. The only thing you can really do for your daughter is to love and support her in her dreams. You obviously care about her development as you purchased much material from Charlie. The greatest gift is helping her see her dreams to their end, wherever she determines that to be. Maybe Olympics, maybe college, maybe just high school. It doesn’t matter, so long as she gets joy from it. Gentlemen like Number 2 and James Smith will eloquently point out some pit falls to look out for. I am sure some of the others who commented could have done so in a more constructive manner. No quicker way to make a man defensive than to question his care of his daughter. I know I would have been a little put off by the yawn comment as well. This is not the spirit of the forum, and I was a little upset when you questioned your decision to buy material. I just want to reaffirm that this is easily the single best site for athletic prep knowledge with many brilliant minds and great members, even if we don’t always agree. It’s supposed to be an open minded discussion of ideas. Keep posting yout thoughts and the girls results. I look forward to seeing your daughters and Hannahs growth.
yes she is yoda. I think she should go the way of felix turn pro and attend college after highschool, but from what i understand she will be attending UF. But we will see.
Hannah has a front page story in the Seattle Times today.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2014048931_girlsprinter27.html
Accompanying video (pretty high depth jumps in there)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/mediacenterbc3.html?bctid=762721565001
I didn’t know she was home schooled. Apparently she quit swimming to focus on indoor track this year. It also says her 13 year old brother “WR holder for 10 yr olds in the long jump” has already quit track. It will be interesting to follow her the next few years and see what happens.
Ouch…a bit too high for a 15 yo…?Also.,spikes on?
Yikes, boix jumps and depth jumps in spikes. Please, flats before you destroy her lower body.
It’s interesting that anybody I know that was a standout sportsmen in high school was trained by their father. There is something to be said for individual personal training.