in Practice by coach mike on 06 Sep 2007
When it comes to athletics, what is toughness? Is it being the best player on the team? The top scorer? Most points? Number 1? Would you rather be the best on a weak team or a member of real good team? If you just work hard enough in practice to keep your spot but never work to improve does that make you tough. I have seen athletes that have a lot of talent but don’t work at their skill. Most coaches have a plan for their workouts, a reason, usually the reason is to work on something to make their athletes better. If you are having problems running the 2nd mile, then you set up your workout to improve that 2nd mile. Once again I couldn’t make practice, couldn’t get away from work. Michael and I set up the practice, he was there to run it. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. You tell your runners to hit certain times, but you can’t force them to. You can yell at them I guess, can’t really punish them, what are you going to do make them run? They have to want to get better! When your top runners run in the back in practice, what message does that send? Specially when on race day they run number 1 or 2 for, what does that tell the ones working hard but not racing as well? Today we were to do 2, yes only 2- 1 mile repeats, trying to hit certain times. Jones did 4 all between 5:20 to 5:28. Jaron hit his, as did Drew, no one else seem to be able to hit the marks. The girls were lead by Courtney on the first one, with Alyssa stepping up on both. Kissner had a good practice. I’m not sure whats up with the rest of them! I’m about to give up. We’ll see how they race on Saturday.
September 6th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Don’t give up coach it won’t do any good. I mean if the rest of the team thinks, Oh well coach is giving up then we should too. No it shouldn’t be like that you just gotta believe in those of the ones that don’t run in the top group in practice that should be. When they don’t and you know they can cough cough cory cough cough then punish them make them run some extra miles and then they will maybe see that, ok well if I run hard then I won’t have to run extra. Well thats all I gotta say. LOL.
C-ya at practice,
Jaron
September 6th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
there comes a time when you got to know when the time is to be their friend or coach. not saying you dont know that cause im sure you do. but its kinda hard to be a coach and get on to them when we got a bunch of momma boys on the team that cant take the yelling, the butt chewing, and the insults. but i feel if you do, the ones who come to run and work hard will stay and become better runners. if you feel like someone needs a butt chewing, do it. you have my support on it. even if it is me you need to chew out, go ahead. do what you got to do.
September 7th, 2007 at 7:58 am
The girls are wasting a great opportunity if they are back runners in practice and step up during the race. With the new class system they could be Regional champs and State qualifiers, but they are not focused and seem to think it will be given to them. They have to earn it and right now they are way to content to settle for the most part. Until the front runners become front runners in practice and compete against each other the team will struggle with inconsistancy.