[Carl Valle]

Carl Valle on August 1, 2013 at 11:53 am #18964

Track-side therapy is not new, and athletes have been with a trainer at big meets and practice since the early 1900s. Frankly I am sick of it. To be honest I have had athletes have their best workouts with a super coach and therapist when I outsourced my needs to Toronto. That was ten years ago and guess what, only a few master coaches and therapists exist. It feels good to be at a meet and have u

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[mortac8]

mortac8 on August 1, 2013 at 12:48 pm #120139

That was ten years ago and guess what, only a few master coaches and therapists exist. It feels good to be at a meet and have under your tent a therapist since everyone else has their guy. Having a therapist screams power and success, and yes it works between the ears. But guess what? Not everyone is a master coach or therapist. Of course nobody thinks that they are not elite and shows up to a meet and hopes that something doesn’t go wrong. We are all super coach and can see the cuboid lock up at 12 meters per second and after blowing up a ballon and a few passes of cold lasers things are fine.

Bravissimo Carlos!

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[email protected] on August 1, 2013 at 1:32 pm #120142

I agree with the post but I think the disconnect is in what exactly a “trackside therapist” is.

A therapist transported from a clinic to the tent and blindly doing soft tissue work to me is not a trackside therapist. In a literal sense, perhaps. But like you mentioned, bringing one to a meet for the sake of it, in my opinion, can do more harm than good. Especially if they don’t know the athlete.

To me, a trackside therapist is essentially an extension of a coach. Really, they don’t even need to be called a therapist. Personally, I’d rather be called a coach…and to many of those I work with, I am. An event coach if you will. And the event? Fine tuning.