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>They kind of do? I get the point the article is trying to make, but they're just throwing everything at the wall to make that point, even when it doesn't reall
by bsanr2 5y ago
>They kind of do? I get the point the article is trying to make, but they're just throwing everything at the wall to make that point, even when it doesn't really match reality.
They do not. A trainer's main goal is to keep an athlete healthy and capable of performing. In fact, rather than discard an injured athlete, they do the opposite: work with them to get them back to the best possible performance level.
- PoignardAzur 5y agoI don't know what to tell you. Empirically, athletes getting worked to the bone / abused by their coach who hopes the athlete will become a star and bring fame and money to them is absolutely something that happens. Gymnastics is where the abuse is the most notorious, but it happens everywhere.
- bsanr2 5y agoTrainers and coaches are different roles. Coaches are concerned with high-level performance ("Are you scoring points?"), trainers are concerned with physiological performance ("Is your body moving effectively for your athletic goals?"). For trainers, a broken body is the exact opposite of what they would tolerate. What you could tell me is, "I didn't understand the subject, sorry for the erroneous comment."
- pmontra 5y agoIn team sports the athletes and their team might have conflicting goals, especially if the team provides the trainers or an athlete is likely to sign a different team. Extract everything from an athlete and discard him / her could be in the immediate best interest for the team.
- bsanr2 5y agoThat's a hypothetical which is reliant on multiple points of coordinated, professionally antithetical malfeasance. It violates Occam's Razor.