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do you think it is right for a coach to go slower then normal teaching you, to the point where everyone in the club seems to think all he wants is more money! but any who does anyone know a good coach in the south texas area around san antonio? [/b]

everyone in the club seems to think all he wants is more money!

I dont think you would say that if you saw all that private coaches put into their business. I know of one (hint) and the amount of money they put into their business is HUGE. He is not getting wealthy from coaching. He does it because he loves it and that is what he wants to do. Its real easy to point fingers, but sometimes we all need to look in the mirror. Even the coaches. I wont blow your cover, but I know who you are, and thats not fair to say about ANYONE. By the way this is Geoff. Good luck at TX relays.

Geoff Fairbanks

If you have a problem with the way your coach is coaching you, you and your parents should sit down and talk about it with him. Posting about it on here is not going to solve anything

We would just love to have one that is closer than where she goes for private coaching which is an 18 hour round trip. We would love to pay...even over pay a private coach close to us!

Ya know.................there is so much going on here its scary. First of all, if you dont like the coach...............go get a different one. No matter how good the caoch is..............some are just not gonna get any better for whatever reason. Each coach has a different philosophy, he must have a reason for the slower progression (usually has to do with safty). Or you have to reach a certain point to proceed. Dont badmouth a coach, LEAVE, if it truly is all about $$ then thats the best way to make your point. If not, at least ask what your goal is at your current level.

I've been real fortunate over the years to know some great pv coaches, most of whom are great people, spending hours coaching and counseling youngsters. The coach I think you are talking about is a competitor and a good coach. He want's his vaulters at the top of the lists, but I know he will not sacrifice safety for that goal. You may perceive that as slow, alot of us in the vault community see that as one less casualty. High bars and no injuries, that's an accomplishment all vault coaches should strive for. I believe the one you're bashing here is doing that.

yea....dissing coaches on this forum doesn't go over too well. a couple people have already said some not nice things about a couple coaches i know as well as my own personal coach. each time it pissed me off. coaches in almost all situations are either doing a great service for their community and our sport for little or no pay. so lets lay off on the coaches as nobody likes to hear people rag on someone that's just doing a nice thing. if you don't like your coach, tough, get a new one.

I agree. Dissing coaches shouldn't be the thing to do. 99.9% of coaches really do want to help you; especially privately paid coaches(they are paid to help you perform). The fact of the matter is many coaches should know more than they do when it comes to vaulting. But, I see this mostly in public high school's ( but not all the time). If it seems your coach is keeping you on certain aspects of the vault, longer than you think is necessary than you may want to ask yourself: how advanced is my vaulting technique? Being true to yourself maybe the best anwer here.
Our sport is not doing well right now. High school vault programs are being shut down, money is being cut back, and administrators don't care. People need to focus trying to save the Pole Vault; bashing coaches doesn't help things.

i have been comming here to Earl Bells place to jump since my first year of vaulting back in 1995.
i used to get so frusterated with him because i was paying him a butt-load of money and i felt like he was coaching me slower than i wanted to progress. the truth of the matter is that there is no big secret to the pole vault and the best way to learn is to start at the beginning and get each aspect of the vault down and then move on to the next
now i am vaulting for ASU and i honestly do believe that i wouldnt be here right now if Earl had just tried to give me quick fixes every time i came to jump.

just look at jeff hartwig, he came here as a 14' vaulter

have faith in your coach and trust everything that he/she says