Coaches

Welcome to my blog. I don't know what inspired me to start blogging but I just kind off want to starting writing. The week before Christmas break began I found out that my cross country coach was leaving. He won't be back next semester so he is leaving before track season starts. So for my first blog I thought that I would just talk about coaches. A good coach is not only someone who can run drills and blow a whistle, a good coach is someone who believes in you sometimes even more than you do. A coach can give you harsh criticism but they do it because they want to see you succeed.
One of my cross country coaches said this on her blog “I saw one of my girls set a significant personal record with a memorable face of determination at the finish line…A female with whom I have trained many days at practice and have tried to teach to push herself, believe in herself, and enjoy her sport.” That girl she is talking about is me. See this is what a coach is, not only do they make us run drills but they also try to form us into better people not just better athletes.
Few days after my coach said that he was leaving I got a card from him in one of classes. He wrote a lot but the most important line was: “I think what I admire most, is your leadership and character.” Right there that shows that my coach was not just out there to blow a whistle and make us run another lap. It shows that he was there to get to know us and make his athletes better people, not just better runners.