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Why Ace Athletes Must Be "Fathered"

Having a coach to see and guide you through atrainer patiently raises up "sons" to
competition is not enough to be an acecontinue his calling, or pass down his
athlete.mission to succeeding generations. He knows
too well that champions come from a relay of
Someone must coach you until you reachskills and wisdom, or a technology transfer,
mastery. That someone ought to be a realand not from those who start out from
athlete himself, coached or "fathered"scratch.
through a long process by a qualified
"father"  in  athletic  training.You cannot train yourself, or train alone,
and come out champion. You cannot also have
A "father" in training is a battle-hardenedamateur coaches train you to be champion. You
master armed with a wealth of experience inhave to feed from the experiences of those
his chosen field. He is not onlywho had been there before, saw real tough
knowledgeable in it; he can be considered anactions, and really made it to the top. They
epitome in the field. He has seen lots ofmay be likened to a lighthouse that points
actions and has been part of them, and heout what is right and what is wrong,
knows  every  nook  and  cranny of the arena.separating  fact  from  myth.
He is so familiar with the "feeling" of beingAn athletic player acquires knowledge and
out there where the action is. He knows thatskill mostly from his own experiences. He may
real sports encounters are alive; meaningupgrade that by joining competitions and by
anything can happen out there, and no patternwearing colorful uniforms, and subjecting
or formula can compare to live, on-the-spothimself periodically to coaches. He
events.occasionally reads books about the game. He
may even be awarded best player. However, he
It is only the accurate judgment anddoes not make a career out of it. Eventually,
experience of the wise that can cope up withhe drops out from the scene and the sport
live events. He is also so sensitive to thealtogether. He will have good stories to tell
right and wrong forms, including theabout how he used to be this and that, but
executions of a technique, the timing, andpeople may not be able to trace his stories
the right effects. All these can only bebecause of his now bloated physique due to
available to a real "father" of sportsthe  absence  of  training.
training.
An ace athlete, on the other hand, is a
Some coaches are mere P.E. teachers, or at"son." He has a "father" who raises him up,
best, athletic players once upon a time. Theyand this athlete is aware that he is not just
can help some; but at times, they can be morebeing raised up to win an event or a couple
of  hindrances than wise guides for trainees.of events; he is being raised up to be a
father to raise up other sons someday. Unlike
They will tend to be bookish and stick tothe athletic player who would point to rusted
"what the book says," or to what they havetrophies and medals and photos of victories
learned in school, or to what they haveas his proof of being once in the sport, real
experienced in amateur contests. Withoutathletes point to actual "fathers" who have
mastery (through real, professional sportstrained them and from whom they have received
encounters), they lack the sense to know that"trade secrets" for success. They also point
aside from mastering basic forms or moves,to actual athletes and champions they have
you have to be flexible and adaptable topersonally trained and "fathered" to pass on
unexpected things that are likely to happenthe  heritage  for  generations  to  come.
out there in the actual arena. Only seasoned
sports "fathers" will be able to divulgeAn ace athlete not only aims to be a
these  details  and wisdom to trainee-"sons."champion, but lives to develop other
champions as well.
In his skills and experience, a "father"



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