Good Person, Good Coach wrote:
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Look folks, this isn't that hard. Extra weight is an impediment to running fast times. Flab makes you slower (and uglier, but that's neither here nor there). ...
Ummm...no. A woman with no fat doesn't even look like a woman, let alone an attractive woman.
Eating disorders and body image issues are a problem of the wealthy. Those spoiled little girls need to be put on a proper lifting problem.
The irony of people complaining about the difficulties of their jobs is that the job itself wouldn't exist if the difficulties did not exist. If every athlete simply responded to commands with complete compliance and never had any emotional/mental issues, why would anyone pay you to coach them? A sufficiently detailed flow chart could coach your team if athletes were that easy to coach.
You're not wishing for an easier job. You're wishing for no job at all.
Better Person, Better Coach wrote:
Good Person, Good Coach wrote:...
Look folks, this isn't that hard. Extra weight is an impediment to running fast times. Flab makes you slower (and uglier, but that's neither here nor there). ...
Ummm...no. A woman with no fat doesn't even look like a woman, let alone an attractive woman.
Is this an athletics program or a beauty pageant? If you are receiving a scholarship to run fast, then that is the only objective. If you can't hack it than the sport is not for you. Quite simple.
While the thread name is abrasive, I do agree with the sentiment of the poster.
'Advising' athletes on weight should not be off limits, whether that means GAINING weight or losing weight.
Too often I saw girls with clear eating disorders but coaches didn't bring it up, eventually leading to health consequences. At the same time, there were plenty of girls without body image problems who could have stood to lose five pounds and would likely have had tremendous success, but coaches were too scared to touch the subject.
I understand, but often it's not clear which one has an existing or potential issue. When asked do I need to lose weight? I reply they need need to be strong and eat properly. I worked with a girl in the summer who told me her female coach told her to lose weight. This girl was 5'9" and 110 pounds before her 9th grade and was awesome. Before her 11th grade she had hips, and breasts and was 30 pounds heavier. She lost the weight and developed an eating disorder. By the middle of her senior year she was a wreck.