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Hard days for coaching
Sep. 27th, 2012 12:03 pmAs with being in charge or organizing anything, there are benefits to helping people out and then there are days where you just can't please everyone. It's so hard to be the a-hole sometimes, and get slapped by the repercussions, even knowing that no matter what someone has to do the dirty work and that decisions have to happen in an imperfect world. The most important thing, for me, is to be forgiving with myself when I make mistakes, and try to not take anything personally. I need to make decisions, re-evaluate and change them when I make a mistake, and be firm with them when they're questioned but I still think I'm doing the right thing.
We have our first regatta this Saturday. I wish we could ease into the season, but we have to start things off with a bang. It's a big race, with lots of competition from good schools. That means a whole lot of anxious anticipation on the part of the rowers and myself, and the item that is always contentious is who gets boated in which boat.
I probably need to remind all of the rowers of one of my rowing mantras: the best rower is the one who can get into ANY boat, and row well.
Part of me still can't believe I'm going to show up and scull in a 1x in this race. It won't be pretty, and singles aren't my favorite boat, but I'll get it done and do the best I can. Practice yesterday was a good example of that. It was windy out (verging on whitecapping at one end of the lake), and the wakeboarding team was out, making waves. I just had that one practice to get in a second 6k under my belt, so I made myself get out there and do it. The initial parts of the piece were rough, but there were some decent sections, and I needed to teach myself and my body that I could and would get the work done even if the circumstances weren't perfect.
We have our first regatta this Saturday. I wish we could ease into the season, but we have to start things off with a bang. It's a big race, with lots of competition from good schools. That means a whole lot of anxious anticipation on the part of the rowers and myself, and the item that is always contentious is who gets boated in which boat.
I probably need to remind all of the rowers of one of my rowing mantras: the best rower is the one who can get into ANY boat, and row well.
Part of me still can't believe I'm going to show up and scull in a 1x in this race. It won't be pretty, and singles aren't my favorite boat, but I'll get it done and do the best I can. Practice yesterday was a good example of that. It was windy out (verging on whitecapping at one end of the lake), and the wakeboarding team was out, making waves. I just had that one practice to get in a second 6k under my belt, so I made myself get out there and do it. The initial parts of the piece were rough, but there were some decent sections, and I needed to teach myself and my body that I could and would get the work done even if the circumstances weren't perfect.
