2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Came back from a run. On the smartphone screen, the numbers are 5.13 kilometers, 42 minutes 27 seconds. Just 8 weeks ago, I was not able to run without stopping even for 10 minutes. And still my eyes are round from surprise that I am running. And I go for a run and run again.
My coach was a smartphone app. Program. Not a human. And in fact, the program was able to do what no physical education teacher could do. I went to school and university and all this time running was the most hated form of physical activity. And the results were consistent.
What was it about the program that the live coaches did not have?
1. Non-value
The program didn't care if I was slim or fat, tall or short, young or old. She had no ambition to make me a champion. It was enough just to be able to walk 30 minutes to start exercising.
2. Smooth load
The first trainings were easy. Running alternated with walking. And when I showed these first loads to my friends-athletes, the answer was: "Too little running, too many transitions, we must run more!" And I followed this easy program, experienced pure joy, and even sore throat did not torment me. That's just generally. And when I ran for the first time 8, 10, 15 minutes without crossing, I didn't even notice how it happened. It was all by itself. Naturally. In the entire history of my trainings with live instructors, only one of them in the first days of classes forced me to take care of myself from unnecessary stress. Everyone else wanted quick results, albeit at a high cost.
3. Feedback based on facts
Each time the machine showed how long the training lasted, how much was running, how much walking, how many calories burned. And again, all the feedback is non-judgmental! Neither you arrogant "clever", "well done", nor devaluing "why are you so …", "you have to try harder." Just facts: kilometers, minutes, kilocalories. And the possibility of independent choice for me: whether I want more or enough for me.
4. Respect for boundaries
How often have you been uncomfortable with others being overly active in showing support? Or poured out on you a stream of emotions that you might not need and overload? How many people in your life do not just strive to "do good", but ask: "How to support you?" In my life, there are only a few of them. And now a car has been added to them. Encouragements, a signal that you are halfway through, inspirational quotes - all exclusively on request. And exactly when there is a need for it.
Simple principles. Only 4. Not so much. And how difficult it is to practice them - to maintain balance in contact, to be neutral and non-judgmental, to give the client room for his own decisions.
I speak from my own experience. Those who have been trained in coaching and supervised will understand. The settings are very subtle and require endurance from a living person, the skill of introspection and constant practice. Be neutral and respectful of boundaries, like a machine. And at the same time, warm and supportive like a person.
Today, this is my favorite metaphor, reflecting the essence of a coach's work.
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