Triathlon WITH Jack Daniels II

We have read things related to the owners of teams known around the world.  They made the headlines: NBA Clippers and Guadalajara Football Team.  Both owners’ issues are about money.  One owner believes that he could buy anything; the other one, does not want to pay for firing a coach.

Jack Daniels tried hard to explain us about ECONOMY.  Daniels used a translation applying mathematical models (scientific models), if you wish, to make us see everyday life.  Daniels translates into science what could be explained with everyday language.  I will try to translation his language TO COMMON SENSE because what Daniels found is about economy, and it is related to High Performance Sports.  Daniels speaks about the economy of running without mentioning the weight of technique and cadence on economy because it is very difficult to use mathematical models to make the point (I have not seen a mathematical model).  As a good scientist, he just mentions that economy places a role on performance.

When trying to improve performance the demands on the environment,  athlete, coach, teammates increase exponentially as well as the stress to deal with such demands.  Well-educated individuals are needed to face without great difficulty the training task and performing.  Daniels mentions that it is difficult to keep with the program when increasing demands on training because perhaps there are more lesions and overtraining.  But before getting to lesions and overtraining, it is worth mentioning that no one can create an environment to face stress originated by increasing miles training, improving good quality food in our diet, improving recovering if he/she is not prepared to do so. We come back to the concept of education as the first step to create athletes able to train high volumes and be able to perform well; to have athletes to train high volumes and speed while keeping technique, is even more difficult.  The stress on athletes, coaches and family increases exponentially as training volume, speed and technique demands increase.  Overtraining and lesions should be understood in this context of training.

The owners of the Clippers and Guadalajara are the first ones to fall when the demands of performance are great.  The rest of the team follows; lesions and overtraining are consequences of not being able to tolerate the stress that most of the time is within the team.  The owners have not been properly educated to stand this kind of stress performance and make things worse for the team and athletes.  “PERFORMANCE AT A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL” is not for a chaotic team and the head (owner) plays a major role, the most vital role.