Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Introduction-Coach Stoll

For a while now GRS Pro has mentioned my name and the work I have done with their founder, 
DeAndre' Austin, and a few of his young athletes.  It is very difficult for me to write an article, 
not that I do not have enough information on a topic but just the opposite, I have too much.  
It is much easier for me to present at a seminar where I can direct the topic towards the majority 
of the people in attendance or stay on a topic longer if I feel the majority do not quite understand 
what I am saying.  In other words, I can make a seminar more personal.


The other issue is that in this day and age of technology there is an enormous amount of incorrect 
information being spread across the world wide web by individuals who have the gift of writing very 
eloquently but do not have a clue about what they just wrote.

In other words, they talk the talk but do not walk the walk.  They also haven't produced an athlete at 
any level, much less a winning athlete.  And because of the internet many coaches and personal trainers 
are being exposed to topics that they do not understand and have no knowledge on how to implement 
into an athlete's training.

The bottom line is that I am brutally honest.  I do not pull punches and if I offend someone unintentionally 
they need to grow thicker skin.  I take my job very seriously.  I know that in my position I am a role 
model and accept it.  Parents trust me with their young athletes' future potential.

I am not going to change my tone and I am not going to be "nice".  The only thing I will do is keep my 
language clean because the topics I will write about should be read by both the parents and the athletes.

Even though I train athletes I also educate them.  At the same time it is also important that the parents 
are also educated so that they will understand what I am doing to their athletes.

There are so many topics I could write about which also makes it difficult for me to write an article. 
I may write an article on a topic based on a trend or something which I realize needs to be made known.  
I cannot promise any patterns.  The only thing I will promise is that I will do my best to educate and most definitely be brutally honest.

And so it begins.