The Waiting Place
In the past 18 years I've helped athletes do two things:
1. Build the athletic toolbox they need to compete
2. Become Producers
And, in reality, you have to do #2 in order to have #1.
Think about it...
....If you're not Producing...what are you doing?
Your job (all of our jobs) is to produce....plain and simple.
If you're not Producing...you're just punching the clock.
Athletes tend to get off track when it comes to this....and so do many coaches.
Over my career in this industry I've seen a game being played and I call it "I'll pretend to work and you pretend to coach me".
Now to the untrained eye there may be little to discern when this game is being played but I'll give you the 'tell'.
If a coach is running a group of athletes through drills and doesn't often stop them to correct....they are playing the game.
Remember a coach is producing when an athlete is learning and getting better...not just when the athlete is tired.
Any fool can make an athlete tired.
When people want to talk to me about all the stuff that goes into 'training"...if it's not driving or optimizing production (ie: athletes improve)...i'm not interested.
You see my years in China were the best 'Masters' I could have ever taken
The Production Game there was simple. If our athletes don't get better in some measurable way every 90 days you (Greg) gets fired.
Simple.
Since that time, nearly 15 years ago,I have focused on helping my athletes become Producers.
And while I may not have the nicest facility, or most pleasant bedside manner, I do get results.
And that's because my athletes learn quickly that they need to become Producers and get better every session.
Everyday we either move the needle and get better, or we just punch the clock.
The great Dr Suess said it best;
The Waiting Place…
…for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to goor the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a
Yes or a No or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for
Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!That’s not for you!
Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying.
You’ll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
Dedicated to your athletes results
Greg and Char
P.S - This email was not written with ChatGPT...just a good old fashioned human
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