Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

This blog post by Scott Berkun really got me thinking. He identifies two kinds of people complexifiers and simplifiers.Complexifiers are averse to reduction. Their instincts are to turn simple assignments into quagmires, and to reject simple ideas until they’re buried (or asphyxiated) in layers of abstraction. Simplifiers thrive on concision. They look for the 6x=6y in the world, and happily tur
 
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I like this post of Verns. However I feel, particularly on the internet there are probably more than a few coaches who like me are in that 30 something strength coach bracket, who love to complixify their converstaions because, hell we love training and sport so much. But in practice, and when dealing with people we are training face to face, absolutely take the simplifier approach. I know I do.

JackW - 11 September 2009 01:57 AM

I like this post of Verns. However I feel, particularly on the internet there are probably more than a few coaches who like me are in that 30 something strength coach bracket, who love to complixify their converstaions because, hell we love training and sport so much. But in practice, and when dealing with people we are training face to face, absolutely take the simplifier approach. I know I do.

I actually believe Vern is the one getting it wrong on this one.  It’s the 40-60 something coaches who are making everything complex.  I really believe most coaches in the 30-45 age range are doing a good job of what you are stating.  I don’t really want to comment on 20-30 age range, because most of them lack any experience or education.