Another great article by Greg Roe in gregroetrampoline.
"Hey Everyone,
Just took a break from studying for midterms to discuss a topic that seems to always get brought up in sports. Who is more important? The athlete or the coach? Seems like a straight forward “DUUUUUHHHHH” kind of answer – The athlete- , however sometimes I find that coaches forget that. I should say that all the opinions I express are my own and I am not trying to disrespect anyone or tell anyone to change their coaching styles or saying mine is better etc. I just have been thinking about it a lot lately and decided to share some of my views.
There are a lot of different coaching styles out there from the aggressive traditional European style. Not saying all Europeans are that way but that is the stereotype. There is the passive coach that allows the athlete to do what he or she wants most of the time and just helps out when the athlete asks for it. Some coaches expect the athlete to learn mostly on their own and will just monitor the progression. These styles and anything in between are used on athletes every day of training. So what one works best?"
