The art will forever be found in focusing on & serving the souls performing it.
“Perfection in a training program is impossible.
You can be the smartest guy in the room, but there will gaps in your program.
The art will never be found in getting the program perfectly correct.
The art will forever be found in vigorously serving the souls performing it.”
-Ray Zingler on X
I’ve written a lot of programs.
Programs for a variety of different people from ages 8-89.
High school kids, sedentary folks, special needs populations, and professional athletes, too. People in my back yard, and people on different continents.
Thousands of them.
Not to toot my own horn, but many of my models have been comprehensive and accomplished a lot of good for a lot of people.
But one thing they have in common is none of them have been perfect.
Every single program written of all time has gaps in it.
There are great programs, but there are no perfect programs.
And striving to create the perfect program (that can’t be done) is a grand misuse of time.
It’s because the art of coaching will never be found in designing the perfect program.
The art of coaching isn’t even found in the delivery of your gap filled program, either.
The art of coaching will forever be found in serving the souls performing your programs.
And if you prioritize service & impact (much harder than writing up and delivering a training script) you’ll notice the inevitable gaps in your program start to matter less.
It’s because when you get into the soul of the individual and strike a positive emotional nerve you yield favorable output response potential in their training.
I always say, “I will get more out of a kid on a bad program because I am focused on him, than I will giving a kid my best program and having him perform it on his own.”
Humans are emotional beings and using theories and logic alone will never be optimal.
You must figure them out.
This takes time.
You need to discover the way they need to be coached.
What makes them tick.
What they like.
What they don’t like.
What they need.
What they don’t need.
Again, this is just the barebones beginning.
You can see why a one size fits all training program in a large group setting with kids is all but worthless.
But once you find out how to reach the individual, you earn the right to make the magic happen in their program.
Focus on THEM more, and your program less.
It takes more time, but works a lot better.
