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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 646007" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Nah, not likely. He is one of those we around here call examples of "new era of coaching." Played himself in juniors but wasn't too good and has been very driven in building his coaching career from his High School days. Master's degree on Sport Science, minors in adult education and math to better understand mathematical analyse of the game, never coached youth, but got hired as an assistant coach to the pro team with whom he did his master's thesis practical research part, spent few years as an assistant before getting his first head coach job. That kind of guy.</p><p></p><p>I in fact asked him last summer why on earth does he want to hang out with my kid. Ache was home and he came to pick him up for golf course. I had just seen him in tv couple days before in panel discussion about sport's role in our society (Football World Cup had just started so sports were very current topic in general) being very smart and sophisticated and there was my kid in our garden squabbling with his younger brother over something especially childish, so difference was particularly striking. I didn't get a very good answer though. He just asked me if I knew that Ache was very smart, has an unique world view and very peculiar sense of humour, which I do know is all true. I guess he and his journalist friend (they are childhood buddies if I have understood correctly and Ache got to know the journalist first, he was between the jobs and doing freelance work for Ache's then Club) just know a different version of Ache at least partly than the one we see at home mostly.</p><p></p><p>But it is a mystery for me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think this is at least partly true. Most people do some wishful thinking and makeabelieve when it comes to important things in their lives. For example people often see themselves as rather different personalities than outsiders see. It becomes very striking for example in social media. For example I have seen countless Fb posts from people where they describe themselves as strong willed, bold and being temperamental - half of them are so shy that they don't even dare to say hello to people they don't know well. Or people talk on and on how petite and athletic their young kids are, while kids are actually very chubby and bit behind in gross motor skills. And let's not forget all the really hard workers out there, who get very little done. Or all those over weight people, who always eat very little and never any treats but just get heavier if they even see the doughnut (of that, there is even quite a lot research, those people actually do forget those two chocolate bars they had for a snack) We believe what we want to believe especially when it comes to things close and dear to us. If we wish something to be true, we often do end up believing it to be true.</p><p></p><p>And I'm sure this is even more typical to our troubled kids. If they wish it to be true, they will convince themselves it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 646007, member: 14557"] Nah, not likely. He is one of those we around here call examples of "new era of coaching." Played himself in juniors but wasn't too good and has been very driven in building his coaching career from his High School days. Master's degree on Sport Science, minors in adult education and math to better understand mathematical analyse of the game, never coached youth, but got hired as an assistant coach to the pro team with whom he did his master's thesis practical research part, spent few years as an assistant before getting his first head coach job. That kind of guy. I in fact asked him last summer why on earth does he want to hang out with my kid. Ache was home and he came to pick him up for golf course. I had just seen him in tv couple days before in panel discussion about sport's role in our society (Football World Cup had just started so sports were very current topic in general) being very smart and sophisticated and there was my kid in our garden squabbling with his younger brother over something especially childish, so difference was particularly striking. I didn't get a very good answer though. He just asked me if I knew that Ache was very smart, has an unique world view and very peculiar sense of humour, which I do know is all true. I guess he and his journalist friend (they are childhood buddies if I have understood correctly and Ache got to know the journalist first, he was between the jobs and doing freelance work for Ache's then Club) just know a different version of Ache at least partly than the one we see at home mostly. But it is a mystery for me. I think this is at least partly true. Most people do some wishful thinking and makeabelieve when it comes to important things in their lives. For example people often see themselves as rather different personalities than outsiders see. It becomes very striking for example in social media. For example I have seen countless Fb posts from people where they describe themselves as strong willed, bold and being temperamental - half of them are so shy that they don't even dare to say hello to people they don't know well. Or people talk on and on how petite and athletic their young kids are, while kids are actually very chubby and bit behind in gross motor skills. And let's not forget all the really hard workers out there, who get very little done. Or all those over weight people, who always eat very little and never any treats but just get heavier if they even see the doughnut (of that, there is even quite a lot research, those people actually do forget those two chocolate bars they had for a snack) We believe what we want to believe especially when it comes to things close and dear to us. If we wish something to be true, we often do end up believing it to be true. And I'm sure this is even more typical to our troubled kids. If they wish it to be true, they will convince themselves it is. [/QUOTE]
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