I mean I just do my best and try to have a good attitude, I just think I would be better if we would kind of adjust his program to fit me and take some rest here and there.
Whatever though, I do not complain in person. I just keep my mouth shut and try to make his program work. I will continue and see where it gets me. However, I want to coach after college. When I do I swear I will listen to my athletes and not turn my head the other way when the whole team is tired and broken.
coaching is a 2 way process and the main job of a coach is to motivate, encourage and discipline his runners.Sessions should be discussed,agreed,organised and adjusted between coach and runner. Work together as a team determined to reach a common goal/aim. Sometimes a coach will dictate a session that is not popular but he has his reasons for implementing the session, which runners will realise later are to their benefit.
WORK TOGETHER MAN!
gotta agree that i hate coaches, but since i started running on my own, i've realized why i hate them exactly. Lets say i'm feeling like crap one day and i don't know why. Well, if i had a coach, he might tell me to go run 12 miles. Right from the get-go i would be just plain mad and would make myself be miserable through the whole run just to show him he was wrong. on the other hand, if i was on my own, i would probably decide to go for an easy 7 and around mile 4 realize that i'm doing just fine and decide to go for, oh say 12 miles. Actually, i don't hardly ever do that much in one run, but the point is that if its my idea i'll roll with it, but if its his idea i won't give him credit for ever being right. Just a thought, but i don't think i'll ever change. that's just the way i am.
"he does not realize"?
Coach Clueless?
Sounds familiar.
"he is trying to be patient with me"?
Coach Compassionate?
Sounds familiar.
"I need to suck it up"?
Coach Killer of Souls
Sounds familiar.
That's three strikes against your coach.
Does he have a long-term plan for you or the team...
on paper? Or is he one of those day-to-day Coaches
that wings it?
Are his goals for you unrealistic?
Is he unbendable?
Are you to be made an example of?
Does he think his attitude towards you is gaining him an ally?
At this point in the relationship would you even care to piss on him if he was on fire?
Is your Coach setting the example you want to follow?
Are 4 out of 5 runners following him blindly without question? Is your Coach that infallible?
You seem not so happy with your Coach.
He seems like he thinks he is doing you a favor and you should be grateful for his inspiring words towards you.
What kind of Coach would you prefer?
"he gives me a speech"?
Is that working for him?
I remember Don Sage stating once or admitting while at York HS he did not run on Sunday's even though the coaches training plan require him to do so. Just thought I would throw that in there.
B. coach yourself.
im doing great. 1810 to 1703 running by myself and a summer of base. not too shabby. michigan here i come to coach=]
RealXCRunning wrote:
I remember Don Sage stating once or admitting while at York HS he did not run on Sunday's even though the coaches training plan require him to do so. Just thought I would throw that in there.
That's because he knew that very few York runners do much in college because of major burn out.