The Functional Path is a path that had been traveled many times before but had fallen out of use in favor of smoother paved roads that promised faster and easier results. Seeking to follow and better define the functional path is a continuing journey, fortunately it is a journey that many have traveled before. Functional Path training is getting back to the basics of movement. It is learning to tune into the body and it’s inherent wisdom to produce rhythmic flowing movement.
When an athlete says they cannot do something that is very final. They can’t do it! When they say they say they won’t do it that implies a choice. They can do it but they have chosen not to do it at this time. I try to educate athletes and coaches on the distinction. I think it is an important distinction that we should all understand.
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 6/29/2007 11:02:00 AM
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Vern is currently is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. He has been the a conditioning coach for several teams in Major League Soccer as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men’s World Cup Soccer team. Vern is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and Director of Athletic Development for the New York Mets. Vern is recognized internationally as an expert in training and conditioning for sport having worked with world class athletes and teams in a wide variety of sports. He is a popular speaker and writer on conditioning topics having lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. Vern's coaching experience spans 36 years at all levels of competition. Vern has authored six books and over one hundred articles related to coaching and sport performance in a variety of sports. He received his BA from Fresno State University and his teaching credential with a coaching minor from University of California Santa Barbara. Vern obtained his MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education from Stanford University.
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I'd be interested to know in what sort of context you're using this. Goal setting? Training? Mental preparation? Competition? etc.
Thanks.
Speaking on my own behalf...whether goal setting...training...competition, If the athlete (pro or amateur) says they CAN'T do something, they have determined their outcome already..it is final. Example, you want the athlete to perform routine or to execute a play, he/she states that I can't do that. They already have been defeated mentally before taking to the playing field.
Great point.
Same holds true for coach's, when they tell their players "don't drop the ball" Try, "catch the ball". Let your athletes hear the positives.
I jumped to someone that posted on this blog, blog's he was tell his athlete something to the effect "don't do such and such... stick to what's on the board"
Those phrases / words are like a cancer and they will spread in an athletes mind for life.
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