Comments on: Can you achieve the same or better performance results with reduced training volume? More on More with Less.

By: Davo

Davo — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:38:26 +0000

Thanks Wayne,

I have read them all over and over and with each time I find new value and with this new value applied in my daily training I find myself surrounded by success.

Thanks again,

Davo

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:32:24 +0000

Thanks Davo.

Check out http://www.sportscoachingbrain.com/engagement-and-coaching/ and http://www.sportscoachingbrain.com/coaching-engagement/ and even http://www.sportscoachingbrain.com/the-fourth-element-athlete-engagement/

Thanks,

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:30:35 +0000

Hi Greg.

Check out http://www.sportscoachingbrain.com/more-with-less-the-greatest-challenge-sport-has-ever-faced/

If possible, read that one with this current one and also http://www.sportscoachingbrain.com/make-it-count/

Same themes – can we get the same or a better result with less time?

Yes – but not the way we are doing things now.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:43:23 +0000

When was part 1of this published? Did I miss it on he blog? Thanks

By: Davo

Davo — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:52:21 +0000

Jb,
Your last sentence says it all!

Wayne, this would make for an interesting topic!
How the best of the best coaches engage and motivate each individual athlete to develop the best possible program year after after year.

By: Jb

Jb — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:59:27 +0000

Hi Wayne.
Fantastic post, so very true. If 100% effort is placed on training 100% of the time, then training becomes so much more efficient and effective, so less time is needed to achieve success.
I know to expect complete effort every second of every training session is impossible (unless your athlete is part robot), but educating athletes that every second counts is definitely a key to success.

I guess it’s a bit of a paradox, however, that it’s usually the most engaged, most motivated & most determined athletes that love the sport so much, who want to put in more hours, not less!

By: Wayne Goldsmith

Wayne Goldsmith — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:52:36 +0000

Thanks James.

It is easy to coach by work ethic – but the question is will the athletes ever realise their full potential through hard work alone?

The work ethic approach assumes that tough training is the answer to everything, e.g. the belief that as the athletes get fitter and stronger (physical), they grow in confidence and self belief (mental). I am all for hard training – there are no short cuts to winning at high performance level – but taking an uncompromising, determined, committed approach to achieving optimal performance does not mean just training until your legs fall off.

I hope coaching has progressed from the simplicity of the work ethic based approach to something a bit broader, smarter and more intelligent. It’s like people still using an abacus to count – sure, it works – but there are many many better ways of doing it.

Thanks again.

By: james marshall

james marshall — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:32:05 +0000

Hi Wayne,
didn’t think Roy Williams book was called “efficient training” !

http://excelsiorgroup.blogspot.com/2010/01/roy-williams-hard-work-book-review.html

There does seem to be an emphasis on the puritan work ethic amongst Coaches in the US- which may translate to what they want from their athletes.