What is surprising about experience is that it is not as brutal as I imagined it to be. I thought it would be a place for a lot of super experienced athletes that work at very high intensities at all times but I was surprised to see that the programs are designed and modified for all kinds of people. I have realized that Crossfit is a place to go for those individuals that have no experience in sports and exercise. A lot of people that lack knowledge of how to train particular muscle groups or even train for a desired outcome, usually get injured due to lack of proper professional guidance. At Crossfit Bezel, Mr. Shaffer is a highly skilled and experienced strength and conditioning coach that provides proper exercise education to the members …show more content…
I have been able to relate the material I learned in my previous classes to the real world scenarios while working with actual clients. Observing how the instructors carefully and effectively supervise all individuals in a group class session, has helped me be aware of how much skill it takes to be a strength and conditioning coach. Mr. Shaffer, strength and conditioning coach, is able to spot any bad technique from different individuals as quick as possible. He is always alert and extremely observant of what each individual is doing and corrects any mistakes before advancing to the next level. I find that this is an good quality because he is able to manage any risk of injury. Through my regular routine I have been able to pick up on such sues and skills that I would have missed if I had shadowed my supervisor for just a few days. I am also able to see how my supervisor is able to adjust workout due to the changing weather how he is able to a close community among members by making Crossfit a desirable environment. He recently had members dress up in Halloween costumes for a week during their workout in celebration of Halloween. This made for a fun and enjoyable
Some of the thing Kimo whished he knew before becoming an athletic trainer is the money that goes into staying certified for example CEUs, conferences, NATA membership and licensing fees. Kimo also talked about how different college is from a job. There was a lot of stuff he had to learn on the job that he didn’t learn in
Being a volunteer can be a big commitment and just being “well-meaning” (Page 2) is not enough, there also needs to be support and genuine caring. When thinking about coaches we may only think of them as a coach and nothing else, thus letting many people overlook the possible stressors in their lives like family, workload, financial problems, and general stress. Students are at a point in time where endless knowledge is at their finger-tips as a result of the internet, and therefor the teacher or coach is not the “Gatekeeper and judicious disseminator of knowledge” (Chapter 12) as Carol Wilson said in “Performance Coaching: a complete guide to best practice coaching and training” this change creates a power dynamic shift where the coach may just be facilitating learning. Since the coach and their team are both able to access the same level of knowledge the coach could feel power hungry and their frustrations may be reflected in their methods of coaching. Carol Wilsons focused on the topic of being “Emotionally intelligent” and how it can “empower students, relieve tension, and reduce conflict” which can then Bring the focus back to what is most important, education. The one thing that the internet fails to show us is how to be naturally, emotionally intelligent and is better done by someone like a coach who can tailor their explanation to help their team fully understand. Stress can result in changes in our behaviour and can “range from aggression to social withdrawal” (Chapter 2) explained Doug Strcharczyck and Peter Clough the authors of “Developing Mental toughness: Coaching strategies to improve performance, resilience, and well-being,” which supports the idea that the stressors in a coaches life can result in aggressive coaching techniques. Amaechi
This constitutes the single largest barrier to successful coaching. Common barriers to
To satisfy my curiosity and gain a broad understanding of athletic training, I chose to interview my boss, Pete Stevens. Pete is employed by Physiotherapy Associates, a nationwide corporation that specializes in physical/occupational therapy, athletic training, and fitness/sports training. He has worked there for three years. He is currently the Head Athletic Trainer for The Arizona Rattlers. Pete received his undergraduate degree in Athletic Training at Boise State University in Idaho, followed by a graduate degree in Recreation from Arizona State University. He is currently considering additional education to become a Physician’s Assistant.
When becoming apart of the athletic training community I have to have good citizenship skills. I will be given many opportunities to meet new people. Where ever I decided to become an athletic trainer my citizenship skills will help me fit into my new job. I have to become apart of the school and athletic community and make a name for myself so that I can succeed and move onto bigger opportunities.
...c training is more like a lifestyle, they have to love what they do. Many people all over the world have used an athletic trainer for their pain. Without people like this in the world, it would be hard for people to live a long and healthy life. Thanks to athletic trainers, we can now treat and diagnose problems before they get too serious.
...ified by hundreds of principals, superintendents, and school board members. There are many concerns about the safety, training, organization, philosophy, communications, and general management in coaching. According to the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program as stated in the Coaching Education Legislature Assembly Bill No. 2741, “It is a conservative estimate that at least 25,000 coaches annually need training and an orientation just to meet current coaching regulations contained in Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, including basic safety and CPR requirements.” That is why course techniques of coaching specific sports are necessary for a persons not trained and certified as a physical education teachers because they need to understand the basic philosophy and principles of athletics in education, know the health related aspects of athletics, and the techniques used to coach a specific sport. With every coach there are the little pieces of the game…strategy of offense and defense, practice/game planning, or scouting, but to get the whole picture they need to know the basic philosophy and principles, health aspects, and the obvious techniques.
People who choose to have a career as a personal trainer need to be updated on new information, be very organized, set a specific plan for their clients, especially if they have more than one, be very patient, and have a excellent communication with their client. Being a personal trainer you must motivate not only yourself but your client, be very happy that you are a part of changing their lives, helping them become a better, healthy person. It can be stressful at times but changing someone's health will be worth
When completing an exercise a person is expecting results that day, during or post workout. Training is a long-term process that creates noticeable and physical results over a span of weeks, even months and years. Training involves planning with preparation for the training duration and progress towards a goal. The desire to win and be better than the competition is essentially important for professional and collegiate athletes. These athletes take training and preparation for a competition to a new level of determination and commitment. For the last two years, I have been working with the University of Oklahoma’s softball team as their student athletic trainer. I attend every practice, workout, and all of their games. As the student athletic trainer, I help with assessing their injuries, with treatment and rehabilitation of their injuries as well as injury prevention. I have watched these women go through some strenuous workouts and have seen their improvements. Some of the girls have asked about taking CrossFit classes or other workout programs during winter and summer breaks. Our strength coach advised against taking the CrossFit classes that he has not specifically approved. He
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I wanted to start telling the story of our experience by sharing the feelings I brought into this exercise. A few years ago I underwent an experience of coaching through several sessions that left me this taste in the mouth that the coaching as a tool to develop others is not very effective. I have not taken the time to deeply analyze what went wrong but in general if I had to choose to do it again I think I would choose another methodology to foster change. Its objective in general is to assist in building behavioral skills, but in my opinion to really look for a long lasting change you need to give a deeper understanding to the lack of a certain skills, strongly reflect on the variables linked to it as could be the emotions, values and motivations that conduce you towards a behavior different that that one desired. Personally, I enjoy seeking information that allows me to jump beyond the facts, and staying on the behavioral side of the reality limits my passion for inspiration and insight.
Being able to have worked with numerous patient with a variety of diagnosis help me learn more about how to time manage and develop communication skill. Learning hands on was a great experience to gather information from patients and the physical therapist (PT)/ Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA). When assisting patients through their workout, I was able analyze man of the muscle that were be used and became more focus on the form and movement. Watching the PT and PTA come up with exercises of their own shows the there have to be a lot creative thinking which I have gained along the way. For the first time I actually experience the use of resistance bands and how effective they are compare to free weights and machines.
“The best in the gym, the best in the area, the best in Long Island. I went to seminars, read anything I could and asked questions constantly. I also surrounded myself with a group of trainers who felt similarly” (Romaniello Par.4). Trainers should want to become the most educated and most knowledgeable in the gym. If one trainer can ask another trainer for advice then that trainer looks very educated and makes that trainer a go to person if anyone has questions.
A lot of my experience has come from shadowing different coaches, this gave a good range of different ways in which I could coach effectively. Once these sessions were finished with I was able to reflect on what the coach did and made observations on the different coaching styles that they had used in the session so that I was able to gain the knowledge and learn from them. To gain more knowledge in skilled coaching, no matter what level you work in, you need to develop the ability to reflect on past sessions and integrate it methodically and regularly into coaching sessions. (Crisfield, 2003)
When coaching athletes of the many things you do not want to happen is overlearning. Overlearning is when the practice goes beyond the amount needed to achieve a certain performance criterion. Extended practice of relatively simple skills could result in learners not continuing to engage in appropriate amounts of cognitive efforts. Players will being to daze off, become lazy in their efforts and not pay attention because they find the practice irrelevant. To prevent overlearning use a distributed practice technique, hold shorter practices and greater number of sessions with breaks in between. Next, you need to organize how complex you want your practice to be. If it is complex, start slow with isolation on the parts of the skill and progress to doing the entire skill, if simple then do the whole skill. Use any keys necessary in order to help the athletes learning process, visual, virtual, or written. Another way to improve practices is to make sure athletes have plenty of mental practice or strength. Have them mentally visualize themselves doing the skills that they performed in practice, it will help them to remember what they learned better and possibly increase their performance next time in