You can be an outstanding athlete for a few exciting years .. but .. you can be an outstanding person all your life.
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North West Athletics
Provides coaching
advice and programs to enhance movement
skills in young swimmers and track athletes.
Sport is only one area in which some people choose
to pursue success.
Let's applaud all those who seek to be the
best they can be, whatever their area of endeavour,
and appreciate that this philosophy is not about
winning, but about personal excellence.
But, in that pursuit, remember, "no opportunity
is ever wasted .. others take up what you let pass."
All young athletes can not be winners … but,
we can help them all to be champions.
A relationship between (two or more) factors suggests
there is a cause-effect link, e.g. an athlete’s
performance may be related to their coach and his/her
program.
An association implies that the factors are independent,
but supportive.
NWA is related to some, but, associated with many
young athletes.
A caution: there are quite a few “coaches” out there
taking credit for outcomes largely the result of
natural growth and maturity.
The primary role of coaches of junior athletes
(development coaches) is to enhance skills, and
enthuse the youngsters with the positive aspects
of sport.
Responsible coaches who specialise in refining elite
athletes, want them to be empowered with skills,
not exhausted from over-training.
In terms of quantity of training, young athletes
should try to get as far as they can on as
little as they can .. emphasis should be
on quality of endeavour. There is plenty of time
for young athletes to train “harder”.
Athletes get one chance in life to reap the rewards
from the endeavour they bring to training strategies;
train “too hard” / “too often” when you are young,
and the opportunity for progression is achieved
but may not come again.
Beware the Attrition Approach .. too
often seen across many sports / situations
Take a group of young athletes who show “potential”
Train the guts out of them
Claim the survivor(s) as your champion
Training "hard" is easy .. Training "smart" is the
real challenge
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