Comments on: Socialist vs. Capitalist Coaching

By: juleus smart

juleus smart — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:08:51 +0000

i totally believe that once an athlete trains they should be given the chance to compete, regardless if they are elite or not.unless a meet sets a qualifying standard i wiil carry rhem

By: Howard L.

Howard L. — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:33:34 +0000

This survey of yours is pretty loaded. First let me say that I read your program and just got into coaching, don’t have a group of athletes yet, but plan on buying your product as soon as I get money.

Now back to the survey. The options that are given are so detailed that one aspect may apply but others may not. For example, maybe a coach wouldn’t want to take the group, but not for the reasons listed (moeny and no need to compete). However, that isn’t even where the survey fails. The survey fails because it is biased. Yes biased, the Socialist answers are loaded with a dark overtone and negative words (not to mention in the USA socialism is not the most acceptable word). It is no wonder why you got such a lopsided response from your participants. Maybe if you had a more nuetral survey you would get more acurate and diverse results.

p.s. I didn’t listen to your response, just had to point out that the survey was loaded… going back to listen to what you had to say…

By: J. Ball

J. Ball — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:27:39 +0000

I am no Political Scientist.
I do know a little about baseball.
One could argue, there must be either one or the other. or both or neither in your question. However in reality, knowledge is paramount at all levels of sport, regardless of the sport. You must as a coach, train and expose “all” of your alhletes to the best competition available, with out exception. It is also your obligation to have all of the latest and best researched tools available for every person you work with, at every level of their development. They may not win a quality competition, but it truly is a win- win situation in terms of gaining knowledge.
You can pick any level competitior, every athlete will walk away from a quality competition with gained personal knowledge. They may use and apply what whey have learned to themselves.
Poitics are for……. you know.

By: Allan J

Allan J — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:01:30 +0000

Hi all I’m in a differeny part of the world to some of you coaches that have commented so far but as a coach I believe it is our responsibility to give all our Athletes the opertunity to compete at as many comps as possible, I have found that the more expossure they get to higher level events will only help them maturer and this will also aid Coach in trying to show them what is needed to improve when you tell them or I should say ask them to up their work load at training.

By: Jake Hughes

Jake Hughes — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:06:36 +0000

Capitalist coaching would seem best for more individualized sports like wrestling, track, etc. However, I think a combination of capital and social coaching is necessary for team sports like football, basketball, etc. Too often team coaches focus on individual (player) skill improvement and don’t teach teamwork.

By: Russ Anteronen

Russ Anteronen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:08:03 +0000

On the elite meets questions. FreshmanSoph take as many as possible, it should promote incentive and enthusiasm for the days ahead. We used to take a couple of hard working athletes who missed qualifying for Jr Olympics to the meet anyway. They usually came back so pumped up they wanted to start training right now for next year. Whereas the state elite only needs to be a primer for those who need an little extra experience. On programs I prefer reaching and coaching for excellence and trying to assist youth in finding a real passion for something in their lives. This may take some time to spend with each person early in the season. We care about all of them, but may spend more time with those whose passion is the sport we are coaching. God’s Best to You!

By: Salem Al-Maskari

Salem Al-Maskari — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:22:33 +0000

I would combine both depending on the sitaution.

Sometimes one athlete helps or inspires the others which is very good for sprities of the whole team.

We are competiting but sometimes people forget what they are competiting for. As school track for me it better to develop team work and leadership as well as unity because at the end of the day track and field for many is mostly a hobby.

Also try do some donations as group to bring money.

As for competiting I would choose some of the seniors to do it. But lower student or weaker some should be there to cheer.

Even though track is solo sport in competiting but there is alot of teamwork invovle in producing results. And that if I was a coach what I want to develop my athlete. not only athlete but leadership skills to organize themselves and there livies.

By: Richard Steiner

Richard Steiner — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:55:27 +0000

I don’t believe in Capitolism or Socialism Coaching. The Capitolists manage their time to help only the best athletes and tend to take credit for their success even though they didn’t have much to do with it. The Socialist coach doesn’t want to offend anyone and therefore balances out the time spent with all their athletes and doesn’t give any preferential treatment to those that have a higher success. My philosophy is that any athlete that comes into my program should leave a better trained and equipped athlete. This means that the best athletes get better and the worst athletes get better. This may seam a bit of a fantacy when factoring time management, but the idea behind what I do is to assess each athlete to find their strengths and weeknesses, put a plan together to strengthen both, then train them to success. I look for my success as a coach in the most improved athlete, not the best or the average.

By: Maxie Hunter

Maxie Hunter — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:56:23 +0000

I feel that every athlete should be given an equal opportunity to contribute to the team.Most coaches feel that winning isn’t
everything, it’s the only thing.So they don’t allow the less fortunate athlete to participate in competition.If they practice to prepare for a meet why not give them an opportunity to perform.This is one of my methods in developing self-esteem,character and self-worth.

By: Bob Takano

Bob Takano — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:34:03 +0000

Latif,
Interesting and provocative topic, but let me get one thing straight. Team titles in individual sports are artifices that do not really happen. Only the individual athletic performances are real. Team titles are conducted for people that know nothing about the sport in questions (fans, sponsors, athletic directors, alumni, etc.) The individual performance is the real thing. When you manage a team for the team title inevitably you are going to frustrate some individual and possible do some damage to the competitive psyche. I’ve been an elite level weightlifting coach for a long time, and all I ever coached for was to have all my qualified athletes perform their very best in the competition. This is part of a philosophy that will lead to the coach’s ultimate development as a performance coach and not just as a team strategist.
Sincerely,
Bob Takano