We all have had poor workouts before. What did your coach say to you after some of your poor workouts?
We all have had poor workouts before. What did your coach say to you after some of your poor workouts?
He said: "Oy, Brent! You're rubbish!"
"that was bullshit" and "what the hell is wrong with you?"
he's a sucky coach btw
I'm a coach and instead of saying something to them after the workout, I usually do something before or during the workout to make it not as bad. For example, if someone is struggling on their 800m repeats, I might have them do 400s and 200s for the last couple, with an easier to achieve goal time. Sometimes we break it into sets, or just back off the goal times.
Usually, I set my workouts up so that they don't have a specific number of intervals, but rather a range. For example, I remember having them doing "16-20 x 200m" or "8 or 9 by 400" and I always add, "we'll see how we feel today."
My runners usually are good judges of if they are having a good day or a bad day. Mostly they have good days, but when a bad one comes, they aren't afraid to tell me (instead of me telling them), because I've already told them to expect it once in a while, and that cutting a workout short or altering the workout is ok. I also have the hard nosed kids who will push through anything and I'll have to stop them. For them it's "hey, I was thinking about the workout you're doing and I think 20 repeats would be too much...just stop at 16 and get in a long easy cool down."
I work with good kids who can perceive how they feel. Not all high school kids can do that.
It really depends on the kid, too. I think that the coach has to really get to understand their athletes and know when to let them keep rolling through a workout, and when to call it quits for the day. No matter what, you want the athlete coming back the next day having no worries.
I just want to say that you sound like an awesome coach just by the paragraph you posted. Nice.
both my hs and college coach would usually adjust the workout if you're having a truly bad workout. No point in running yourself into the ground
sockless joe jackson wrote:
For them it's "hey, I was thinking about the workout you're doing and I think 20 repeats would be too much...just stop at 16 and get in a long easy cool down."
Yeah I knew a kid who would tell his coach that, he was the biggest pussy I've ever known and would lie about things just so he could stop the workout early.
Hope your kids aren't pulling a fast one on you.
If I had a workout where I ran well but felt kinda crappy and struggled a bit more than I probably should have and complained any at all to my coach (This was back a few years ago...before I started getting good and actually taking it 100% seriously) he would tell me that "If it didn't hurt, then it wasn't worth it"
I switched coaches about a year ago. My first coach would make coments along the lines of "you just aren't trying hard enough." Just what I wanted to hear when I was already having a terrible workout...
The coach I have now usually says something like "there's always the next workout."