When xc racing our coach thinks he is encouraging and pushing us to win but in fact he is embarrasing himself and the team by his constant shouting and personal insults to run harder and faster- this can have a negative effect on runners as it prevents us from staying focused- but he does not realise this!
Any similiar effects/situations?
Here's some advice for you - stop being a pussy!
maybe you should try soccer?
Marching band my boy, marching band!
you suck.
I once had a coach who on the first day of practice didn't know how long the track was. He had to ask. Thank you schoolboard for appointing someone with no track experience. Needless to say we did our own workouts that year.
You ever see Martin Smith coach, I have heard some funny stuff he has said to guys while racing, at least back in the day. he would cut guys in the middle of the race. i doubt it helped at all but it was pretty funny!
I would find it more embarrassing to be unable to spell "embarrassing".
Martin the Martian wrote:
You ever see Martin Smith coach, I have heard some funny stuff he has said to guys while racing, at least back in the day. he would cut guys in the middle of the race. i doubt it helped at all but it was pretty funny!
And who was the guy--this was quite a while ago, maybe at Army??--who would tell his guys, "If you can't run faster than that, GET OFF THE COURSE!"
And meant it...
I remember the Navy coach being pretty harsh with his runners around 1995-97..