weekly personal coaching:
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consultationOne initial phone call/ meeting to discuss the topics listed below:
-Review of the athlete questionnaire. -Review of all past training. (3 months to 20 years) -Discussion of goals- long term and short term. -Review of proposed training going forward. A second call/meeting to ask any remaining questions and run by a few initial training ideas. After two discussions, the end product is a written training outline for the next 3 months. This will include key workouts, volume guidelines, specific workouts to focus on for each event, and timing of when to switch training focuses. One-time fee. Interested athletes, please contact me to be sent my athlete questionnaire. |
elliot's thoughts on choosing a coach:
#1. Choosing a coach can be a big process. Please ask as many questions as you can. If you are interested, I'll be as honest as I can with you as to whether I think we can work successfully together.
#2. I'm often asked if I have a coaching "style". My usual answer is as follows: I don't really have a coaching "style" per say. Some of the people I coach have quite a bit of intensity because of life schedules, others because they respond well to intensity. At the same time, a few people I coach pile on miles because we've found that it works best for them. And finally, if I end up working with someone long enough, example: Ben Hoffman 2004-2016, we actually will switch up approaches. Sometimes that is to focus on certain weaknesses and other times it is to avoid mental fatigue. I like to think that I am pretty well-versed in multiple approaches and I like to find out what works best for each individual athlete. I will ask lots of questions and hopefully get answers that can lead us to the best solution. Every athlete is an ongoing problem with a continually different solution.
#3. Coaching is my full-time job. Like most professionals, I take my work seriously. I also like to goof off from time to time. The better I get to know an athlete as a person, the better I can help them as an athlete. Sometimes goofing off actually helps that process (for me anyways).
#4. Honesty and openness on both ends of an athlete-coaching relationship is the only way (in my belief) for continued success. You probably already knew this, but it's nice to have it repeated from time to time.