Expectations

I am not sure that more than a handful of people read this, but I wanted to impart a bit of coaching knowledge and experience. I have been with Elite athletes for nearly 15 years now and the one thing that I have watch derail a great season or race faster than anything else is Expectations. Whether placed upon the athlete by themselves or by a coach, parent or loved one, expectations can bring down the most mighty and well prepared.

I would like to address this in three parts...

#1 what am I talking about when I say expectations?

#2 How do performance expectations hold athletes back

#3 How can we, as coaches, athletes and loved ones, help avoid this pitfall.

Stay tuned for more to come.