Why Athletes go broke

Some stats on how athletes go broke. A recent article in SI shows the reason for the importance of developing the complete student/athlete.

• 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce 2 yrs after retirement.
• an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke within five yrs of retirement.

Not the Lifestyle kids dreams of on the streets, courts, sandlots and parks.

The do as I do program

Learning specific movements or applying pre-made programs for another coach or book with limited ability to assess, coach, train and teach, basically a cookie cutter method, the only way this method would work is if we were in the exact same state as the coach doing. Teaching expectations requires the coach to react in the situation, teaching the expectations over the rules while practicing what you expect of others in many different environments.

Basic Training or Boot Camp

We found a sports performance site that was promoting "basic training" makes sense.

The introduction of sport to school was to prepare boys to be men for the military way back when the country was drafting men into the armed forces, those days are over.

Today the main focus of youth, high school and college sports is to prepare boys and girls to become men and women of the future to be leaders, family memebers and overall good citizens of society.

Coaching Development

 "The  leader, the teacher, the project manager, the artist. You can have all the exercises to do in a gym or all the technical and tactical layouts to apply onto a playing and practice field or classroom setting in a well packaged model but if you don't know how, when and why, it won't work. Like a great painter knows how to apply the color. Or as we see in todays pop culture, anyone can be a celebrity, not just anyone can be a true actor.

There is science in what we do, also art, habit, intuition and sometime plan old' guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists today. It's that gap that complicates everything we do.

Experiences

goal

common good

empower the athlete

we all learn something-having fun

We are better at the end of the practice/workout than the beginning

Each individual works together ina team system to achieve a common goal

Every sport requires individuals to play a team system. Even individual sports i.e. golf, tennis, runners, tri's, etc.. require a coach, caddy, sports trainer to work together with the athlete. Of course the big team sports require multiple individual athletes/coaches and positions to work together for a common good which can be very, very challenging.

Supplying High Quality Fuel For Athlete's

Athlete's need to supplement their eating habit's with the following foods.

Simple weekly shopping list or (eating out menu selection for those that don't know how to cook) ;

Protein - whole eggs, lean meats, wild game, poultry and fish

Carbohydrates - fresh or frozen fruits, beans
starchy vegetables, such as sweet potato, yams, potato, carrots,
beets turnips etc... and above ground starchy vegetables

Fats- saturated fat from lean meats and poultry,
cheese, raw butter, nuts, coconut oil, avocados, avocado oil, olives, olive oil.

Liquids- clean water, fresh or frozen 100% fruit juice, coffee + green tea decaffeinated and caffeinated, sports shake, drink.

time, type, sport, athlete are all factors to take into consideration.

High school and college student athlete's want to be-aware of their eating habit's especially during the school/game season.

Harmony

Movements working in harmony.

Muscles in the gym should sing

not scream.

Coaching Labels

What's in a label?

Assessment coach

Flexibility coach

Movement coach

Speed coach

Strength coach

Core coach

Performance coach

Power coach

Nutrition Coach

What is the common thread?

What are the fundamental principles for coaching sports and athletes?

Fundamental principles are generally accepted truths.

Listen to the expert coaches but always trust your own judgement.

Question the Coach

Do athletes learn a sport with a piece of equipment?

Do athletes increase performance with apparatus/fitness tools used in the weight room?

Do athletes decrease the chance of injury with an assessment grid?

Do athletes enhance endurance on a bike, treadmill?

Or do athletes learn, decrease risk of injury and optimize skill/ performance through play, continuous practice and great athletic coaching?