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The program will work for you because, as your coaches we will motivate
you to succeed. Here is how we will do it!
you to succeed. Here is how we will do it!
- We will make you feel valued; share your goals: I will make you feel valued, and I will address and appreciate
your goals. New members begining the program will have different goals and will be motivated by different
expectations. For some reaching the professional level of sport may be the burning ambition; for others, aims
that may be far less grand but equally important to them, such as losing body fat, reducing stress, are the
objectives. As part of this program you will outline your goals at the start of the year and I will consistantly
monitor these along with a measure of motivation within your training logs. By being aware of these goals,
motivation levels are more likely to be maintained. - We will tell you why and how the program helps you meet your goals: Our members are motivated when they
see the relevance of the exercises to their goals. The process of explaining the target of each exercise in the
session and the relevence to their performance may be one of the most important things that strength and
conditioning coaches can do to ensure your motivation and adhenrence to the program. - We will show you the results, and describe how this progam has worked for others: For optimum motivation
members need to believe that the program will work. Therefore, I use consistent, reproducable assessment
protocols to assess and document progress. This can help provide the motivation to work hard during the
session, in the knowledge that it will contribute to them achieving wheir goals. - We will show you your progress: Members are motivated by success and direct evidence that the program is
working for them is a great motivational tool. By keeping atraining and performance tool. By keeping training and
performance logs, members can demonstrate their progress on both a short and long term basis. Strength and
conditioning coaches have a great advantage in this area, because each day there are data in training progress,
such as extra repetitions, more weight lifted, and improved sprint efforts. This can be emphasized further by
rewarding improvememnt and not just record performances. - We will develop a motivational environment: A quality training environment can be a major motivating
influence. Ideally the environment should be one that provides a pleasant training experience and facilititates the
effective carrying out of the given workouts. Most times you can step into a training studio and immediately
sense the work ethic of the members, as well as coaches or trainers. By rewarding efforts as well as
achievements, I believe that I have developed the ideal environment. Once you are feeling valued you will be
more likely to work hard, in this way your work ethic begins to develop. A great advantage of developing a great
work ethic is that once it is established, it can often times be self perpetuatiing. When new members walk into a
program with great work ethic, they immediately are motivated to work hard, and over time they will learn to
maintain this. - We will make it enjoyable: Adherence to a program requires a degree of enjoyment, and as strength and
conditioning coaches, it is important that we plan for long term results as well as short term. Whereas enhanced
performance is often the main short term target, we can equally influence members for the long term and develop
a mindset where physical activity is valued and enjoyed. To facilitate this, it is important that members enjoy
working out, and making working out an enjoyable experience is an important part of my job. Introducing variety,
lighter days, and fun competitions are all ways good ways to maintain enjoyment in the program. If members do
not enjoy my workouts, they are unlikey to put full effort into them, and their results will necessarily be
compromised. - We will be a role model, and set a positive image: As your strength coach I am constantly giving my members
messages, and my actions have a key role in reinforcing or weakening these messages. I need to act out my
messages by showing that I value good nutrition, exercise, and a healthy lifestyle. My messages will be diluted if
I say one thing and act in a different way.