Brandon,
Those who know will continue to be fast and those who don’t know will continue to be slow. Simple. That’s the problem with this site. There are too many rookies not willing to listen to the guys that have been in the game for a long time.
Cheers!
i agree with you there are alot of younger coaches that don’t listen to older more experienced coaches. Me myself not being one. If a coach has experienced success it still doesn’t mean he is a good coach. I would rather want to know what they did, why they did it and under what circumstances did they do it.
So being experienced alone doesn’t qualify someone as a good coach or someone you need to listen to. Like Tom Tellez says, “don’t rate me by the success of my athletes, rate me by what I gave them to be successful.”
I know ALOT of coaches that have been around for a while and are terrible and I know alot that have been around a long time and are VERY GOOD. i know alot that do some terrible training practices but have great success because they have talented athletes and others that have great practical application but have terrible athletes and minimum resources.
I usually only lend my ear to coaches that are able to explain the logic behind what they do espcially and if they have had success that’s another reason to listen. After knowing they have a sound basic understanding of exercise science and they understand how to apply this knowledge then I will sit and listen all day. But knowing and applying are two different things. So please remember that while there are rookies not willing to listen to the older coaches, everyone learns from everyone. Older coaches should be willing to listen to younger coaches as well. I listen to older coaches, younger coaches, my athletes, middle school coaches, teachers etc… I learn from them all.
Thanks for the conversation. It was very helpful for me. Hope you can say the same.