Correcting Bad Coaching

Over years, I have found, usually, no way will your coach listen to anyone. If you brought Salazar to him..he would duck Sal and when Sal was gone be infuriated with you. You got to set up your own weekly training. Maybe a private coach. Maybe you can work in his workouts with your long runs, 4 mile tempo and work like 5 x 1000 and negative split 800's etc. Tell em you got a grandmother at home you all need to take care off, come up with whatever to get your mileage in. Tell em you got health problem and need to run a lot on your own easy long run and tempo pace cause your doctor advises that. You can get it done, its a pain but lots of guys have done it. I hate to say lie, but these coaches really take it bad and its their way or they want their runners to lose. Seen this for years.

First, you're lying kid. We do more aerobic running than you're saying, you just don't come to practice every day or do your long runs like you are supposed to on Sunday.

Also I don't appreciate you putting down your team, your coach and commenting in a public forum instead of talking to me. If you have any serious desire to remain on our team please set an appointment with the coaching staff, your parents and the AD.

Sincerely,

Coach

Your in a tough boat. I coach nearby a school that does intervals everyday! Now this school does not have an indoor program so each year a handful would come and work with my team and do meets. And these athletes have had the very same conversation with me on how to change what they are doing at the other school. Theres no real good answer. Either the coach says no or yes. Most likely no because thats all they have ever known. No every coach will go out and learn more or go to clinics etc. You can run more on the weekends but doing an extra workout after practice in my opinion will just hurt you as most likely youll end up doing to much in the end. You kind of just really have to go with the flow if you want to run for your school in the end and hope for better coaching down the road.

Your Coach wrote:

First, you're lying kid. We do more aerobic running than you're saying, you just don't come to practice every day or do your long runs like you are supposed to on Sunday.

Also I don't appreciate you putting down your team, your coach and commenting in a public forum instead of talking to me. If you have any serious desire to remain on our team please set an appointment with the coaching staff, your parents and the AD.

Sincerely,

Coach

First off, you are not my coach because i haven't skipped a single practice in 3 years and i'm the fastest guy by far on a team that's close to last in the state. Also, if you were my coach, you would be advising me not to run long and run a fast 2 or 3 miles on the weekend.

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