You never hear about coaches getting better during their career. Do coaches strive to improve their craft or are they pretty set in their ways and not willing to do new/different things?
You never hear about coaches getting better during their career. Do coaches strive to improve their craft or are they pretty set in their ways and not willing to do new/different things?
yes.
No. It is inconceivable that anyone could ever improve at anything. We are all perpetually stuck in our current level of suckdom.
Yes, the good coaches are constantly learning. The guys who think they they know it all, don't.
I hope so, or else that coach is useless.
As a relatively new coach, I sure hope so. I would not want to ruin another kid's passion for running like I did with some of my first group of runners.
Of course, many do. Now, sometimes they improve until they find success, and then they become stuck in their ways. Then decades pass, they’re unwilling or unable to adapt over time, and suddenly they’re not so successful anymore.
Letscoach.com/improvewrote:
You never hear about coaches getting better during their career. Do coaches strive to improve their craft or are they pretty set in their ways and not willing to do new/different things?
Really? I have been around coaches who got better or at least they say they have.
Maybe a question is: How do you define getting better? A coach could be better and not produce athletes that reach the highest ranks because there is some luck involved. Luck being that person who walks in with "talent" and the drive.
Racehorse wrote:
As a relatively new coach, I sure hope so. I would not want to ruin another kid's passion for running like I did with some of my first group of runners.
That is impressive self-awareness.