TrackCoach wrote:
shaking my head wrote:
1. dont weigh an athlete in front of their peers
2. dont yell at them and publicly humiliate them because of said weight gain
3. suggest they speak with the highly qualified nutritionist that you have hired to work with your athletes
Not that difficult, scary if you're an actual track coach.
I was a runner and coach for decades and I been on teams where you lined up, got on a scale, your weight was called out and recorded. Granted, some of this was a long time ago and perhaps kids are just different nowadays, but back then it really wasn't that big of a deal. As a coach, I've never focused too much on weight because I can only recall once or twice where it was an issue. I did have a young female athlete coming back from injury and she was frustrated by her poor performances and I told her that her times would get better as she gets in better shape and lost weight. There was no shaming involved, I thought this was the type of guidance a coach provided. Weight plays a major part for males and females in all sports, its really about being healthy and being underweight can be just as bad as being overweight. You have to remember, Cain was a professional athlete, as a pro, you are not going to be cuddled. In fact, even a D1 scholarship athlete will be informed about their weight if it is perceived as an issue. It is stupid for anyone to think a coach is supposed to pretend he doesn't notice your weight is an issue. - In Coach Salazar's defense, perhaps he did not handle things perfectly with Mary, but like most professional coaches, working with teenage females not something they have must experience with.
Using the N-word used to be OK too. Times change.