I’ve been thinking about writing this piece for a while and I guess I’ve finally gotten around to it. It will assuredly be multiple parts but will be somewhat self limiting. The title is a bit pretentious, I mean how can I discuss All You Need to Know About Training in a single article. Yet it’s not far off since what I’m going to discuss really hits all of the global points that are important when it comes to training for sport. But you ask, what about the details, the endless minutiae. Well….
The Stages of Coaching/Training
The reality is that many (including myself) drastically overcomplicate training. I actually identify three phases of coaching:
- You know you know nothing
- You think you know something
- You realize what you don’t know
It’s usually during phase 2 that folks overcomplicate things. In college, oh my, the complex periodization programs I’d draw up. It was a spreadsheet exercise with pie charts and graphs and I’m sure in hindsight I had more fun drawing things up than I did actually doing the training. … Keep Reading