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“Hey coach, I’ve been working with (really great coach that I respect) and I don’t think it’s working. Your stuff is cool, I’d like to start training with you.”
Call me a
businessman, but I nearly always tell them to talk it out with their current coach and try to make it work
Call me a
businessman, but I nearly always tell them to talk it out with their current coach and try to make it work
Thread on reasons why 1/?
1. A lot of the better coaches I’ve found have more similarities than differences. No one has a magic pill. If we had all the right answers, we’d all be turning weak little kids into Bonds or Pedro, Mookie, Bauer, etc. but it doesn’t work like that.
1. A lot of the better coaches I’ve found have more similarities than differences. No one has a magic pill. If we had all the right answers, we’d all be turning weak little kids into Bonds or Pedro, Mookie, Bauer, etc. but it doesn’t work like that.
2. Getting results boil down to consistently putting forth maximal effort and focus on everything in the program and then recovering extremely well. “My program doesn’t work” could mean “I half-ass a lot of stuff in my workouts” or “I often eat/sleep/party like a moron”
3. “But individualization matters”
Hell yeah it does. It matters and most coaches worth their salt get that. Those coaches also probably work with dozens of clients. So if you want more individualization, you have to talk with them and bring to light what an assessment might miss
Hell yeah it does. It matters and most coaches worth their salt get that. Those coaches also probably work with dozens of clients. So if you want more individualization, you have to talk with them and bring to light what an assessment might miss
4. I’ve worked with athletes who “program hop” (even ones who made great progress). If I was a player I might even do it just to get a glimpse of how different coaches do it. But long term development requires patience and consistently reflecting, “Am I doing enough?”
5. I’m a pretty competitive person. But I don’t think you get far in this field by trash-talking every other coach in DM’s. I have a lot of respect for coaches, and I think staying with the current coach you have is way more beneficial for everyone involved.
