THE THROW
Lao Tzu: “Grasp it, and lose it” How can a throw be considered a throw if it is never released? Don’t you see, it is our desire to hold on – to maintain control – which keeps the throw from actualizing its potential. Therefore, only in the willingness to let go do we find self-actualization. Create, and destroy. Learn, and unlearn. Grasp, and release. This is the way to a fruitful life and the only approach which truly opposes self-destructive behavior. We idolize that which we grasp, and in doing so
Mountain of Success: Part II
In this installment of the Javelin SLAM, I will go into the base of the “Mountain of Success.” This describes the straight forward process of how you can combine an athlete’s goals, historical data/ norms and a thorough assessment of an athletes mental, physical and emotional capabilities to generate a training plan baseline. Athlete Assessment and Training Plan Development Step 1: Understand the athlete’s goals. Work with the athlete to define long term and short term goalsGoals should be “SMART”Specific: what exactly will you accomplish?Measurable: how will you know when you reach this goal?Achievable: is
Mountain of Success
For those who do not know much about me, in addition to being a javelin thrower and coach, for almost the last 20 years, I have also worked as a design engineer at a major aerospace and defense contractor. I have come to realize that the strategic approach that is taken to design multi-billion dollar marvels of engineering (think NASA Spacecraft) from the ground up is quite similar to the approach top Olympic coaches and athletes take to achieve their athletic dreams. Engineers call this approach the Systems Engineering “V.” For those