Yes, as you can see, I have got back in web-harness after the North American soujourn!
More wisdom from Vern Gambetta:
Real training is characterized by:
No Fads
No Frills
Just Training appropriate for the sport
Basic
FUNdamental
I have always said it is essential to differentiate between the Need to Do and the Nice to Do. Yesterday my colleague, Bill Knowles, gave me another to one to consider – The Want to DO.
Finally a thought from John Wooden: “Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.”
Friday, September 14, 2007
Pinball Coaching
This from Vern Gambetta:
I call Pinball Coaching the approach where the coach is constantly looking for the secret, the new latest and greatest training for instant success. Pinball coaching is impulsive and filled with scattered unrelated ideas and concepts that occasionally yield results. One year there is one answer, next year another answer. I have even seen the answer change from week to week. It is the opposite of the systematic and sequential approach that yields consistent results. It seems that the Pinball coaches are always looking for the 2% that will put them over the top, the Holy Grail so to speak. Frankly the solution is in the other 98% that is where the secret is. Consistent systematic training accumulating over time will yield consistent and championship results.
Nuff said!
I call Pinball Coaching the approach where the coach is constantly looking for the secret, the new latest and greatest training for instant success. Pinball coaching is impulsive and filled with scattered unrelated ideas and concepts that occasionally yield results. One year there is one answer, next year another answer. I have even seen the answer change from week to week. It is the opposite of the systematic and sequential approach that yields consistent results. It seems that the Pinball coaches are always looking for the 2% that will put them over the top, the Holy Grail so to speak. Frankly the solution is in the other 98% that is where the secret is. Consistent systematic training accumulating over time will yield consistent and championship results.
Nuff said!
Is There Anyone Out There?
This blog has a depressing amount of interaction. Most posts have 0 responses. What is the problem?
Please let me know so I can remedy the problem.
Please let me know so I can remedy the problem.
No Positives!
This from Vern Gambetta's blog:
Truly amazing, at the conclusion of competition in the World Track & Field championships there have been no positive drug tests announced. That leads me to think one of two things: 1) The outlaws are ahead of the law again 2) There is another cover-up – if in doubt throw the piss down the toilet! You draw you own conclusions but if you think of it from a pure statistical viewpoint to have no positives given the number of athletes competing is almost impossible. Sorry for the cynicism but I have been there before.
In view of the mind-boggling standard of world-wide swimming performances this year I hold the same concerns; this from Nick Thierry (swimnews) on 7 August: I think something fairly dramatic is underway in sprinting. Both for men and women. Five of the fastest 50 free women were done this year, four for men.
Truly amazing, at the conclusion of competition in the World Track & Field championships there have been no positive drug tests announced. That leads me to think one of two things: 1) The outlaws are ahead of the law again 2) There is another cover-up – if in doubt throw the piss down the toilet! You draw you own conclusions but if you think of it from a pure statistical viewpoint to have no positives given the number of athletes competing is almost impossible. Sorry for the cynicism but I have been there before.
In view of the mind-boggling standard of world-wide swimming performances this year I hold the same concerns; this from Nick Thierry (swimnews) on 7 August: I think something fairly dramatic is underway in sprinting. Both for men and women. Five of the fastest 50 free women were done this year, four for men.
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