Steve Trapmore - Coaching a club squad
Monday, January 26th, 2009Steve is chief coach for Imperial College Boat Club and started his rowing career at Walton RC going all the way to Olympic gold in 2000 stroking the GB eight.
Athletes
- we have absolute beginners through to junior internationals.
- what does the athlete aspire to?
- see if they are focused and engaged with what they are learning
- you have to actively recruit new beginners each year
Coaches
- discuss everyting constantly#training / technique / selections.
- Rotate coaches aroun the groups
- understand the athlete
- specialist talkes on nutrition, weights, stretching, rigging and time management
- understand when an excuse is an illness or injury or a personal problem rather than an excuse e.g who are the slackers
Environment
- it's got to be fun!
- competitive
- in a squad when some sstart performaning and get the idea of racing it creates its own momentum
- for an individual it's more about targeting scores
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