May is a hot month for graduation. Colleges, high schools, junior high schools, middle schools, pre-schools, trade schools, professional schools, projects, and more are all associated with graduation. Include in this pomp and circumstance the time when grade school students graduate to high school where more students are athletic, bigger, stronger, and faster, knowing that physical education class will be different. High school students graduate to college where physical education is defined by the plethora of physical activity classes available each semester, by the number of intramural sports, by the number of club sports, by the number of intercollegiate sports, and by individual membership to the campus or off-campus gym. College students graduate from this surplus to the real world where they have to find the local gym, pay a membership, and then attend the gym on a regular basis. Hopefully, the newbies to the real world have a regimen to follow. The stats say they do.
You know what all of these students have in common? All of them have experienced a coach in their lives. Now, a coach comes in many genres. But, the team coach is a little different in terms of success. Right now, success will be important for all the current graduates. We look at the team coach and how he or she relates to success - the results can be applied to the other genre of coaches in everyone's life.
Again, let's use the realm of athletics since it is up close and personal with all of the playoff fever occurring. Plus, they are easy to follow with this topic.Notice that the most successful teams and the ones that win championships are the teams that have sustainable coaches. For example, the Los Angeles Lakes and Chicago Bulls had Phil Jackson in the 1990's and `00s. The Duke Blue Devils of men's college basketball have Coach Krzyzewski. The Penn State Nittany Lions of women's college volleyball has Russ Rose. The Boston College Eagles of men's ice hockey have Jerry York. All of these teams have won titles. None of these teams won while changing coaches amid their success. Consequently, this success rate has psychological and physical implications. Can you imagine the ease in which it feels like to play under one coach at the professional level or under a coach who has been in his or her collegiate position for a while? Basically, some sort of success is written.
I get it. Every school or pro team with a long term coach has not won a championship. But, I am having trouble even naming programs and organizations that have long term coaches, and the team is absolutely awful.
So, why do some teams and organizations continue to change coaches like it's a formula with a definite end? It must be annoying for a coach to get canned 14 games into a season, especially if the season is only 1/5 over.
I get it. A team cannot continue to lose all season. Comebacks can be made. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
What happened to group effort? Hey, if a coach is awful and does not get it, then OK. Sometimes, it's the players the fault (i.e., divas, prima-donnas, Don-Juan's, and Michelangelo's) and sometimes it is the coaches fault.How does this athletic coaching carousel translate to the real world? Well...
1) Isn't it annoying to continue to change trainers or specialists? It happens. But, every new one has to learn your style and learn who you are as a goal achiever.
2) Isn't it annoying to change supervisors? For new graduate, the outlook at a high-turnover location may seem bleak after a short period.
3) What if Microsoft, Google, and Apple had 5 CEOs over 10 years? Do you think those products would be as successful?
4) What if you...yes, yourself...were coaching your individual self to meet a certain human performance goal by July 1, 2013 such as 20 full range rapid squats in 30 seconds. But, you kept reneging on when you would start or when you would get serious? Is this not a type of coaching carousel? How would you reach the successful state? In this case, a lot of self-coaching is practiced.
Through all of the hard work and discipline, congratulations to all of the graduates for the year 2013. Remember to kick yourself into gear over and over again. Stay focused. Ask for help. Laugh. Dig without being scared. Seek mentors and advisors. Learn. If you fail, you will pass because you will keep keeping on! Stop me because I can continue on this topic.
So, who is up for a mentally and physically challenging goal?
Purpose and Development,
Derek
Derek Arledge, CSCS TEEM Performance Training www.teempt.com
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