First of all, $20 is a pretty awesome rate for a trainer. Most seem to cost $40-$60 an hour.
Good players use private trainers, bad players use private trainers, and phenomenal players have private trainers too. Are they necessary? Not for everybody, but they are definitely helpful.
My daughter has been with a few different private trainers. At first, we started to get her a spot on the top team, then we kept it going to get her a spot on the field. Now that she is a starter, we continue the training to help her keep her spot and reach for the next level.
She wants to be the best - the best on her team, the best on the field, and the best in her age bracket. I can't teach her these things, and her regular coach, despite their credentials, can't do it all during a regular team training. My daughter likes the one-on-one time where the focus is all her, where she can truly work on the mechanics and fine-tune "the machine."
Will she play for the USWNT? Ummmmm...... I don't want to tell her "no." will she play in high school and college - if she continues to have the drive, then yes.
If she changes her mind and switches over to water polo, then I will consider her time on the field as a good experience none-the-less, because for now, it has been fun, and it gives her a reason to get her homework done and stay out of trouble.
Good players use private trainers, bad players use private trainers, and phenomenal players have private trainers too. Are they necessary? Not for everybody, but they are definitely helpful.
My daughter has been with a few different private trainers. At first, we started to get her a spot on the top team, then we kept it going to get her a spot on the field. Now that she is a starter, we continue the training to help her keep her spot and reach for the next level.
She wants to be the best - the best on her team, the best on the field, and the best in her age bracket. I can't teach her these things, and her regular coach, despite their credentials, can't do it all during a regular team training. My daughter likes the one-on-one time where the focus is all her, where she can truly work on the mechanics and fine-tune "the machine."
Will she play for the USWNT? Ummmmm...... I don't want to tell her "no." will she play in high school and college - if she continues to have the drive, then yes.
If she changes her mind and switches over to water polo, then I will consider her time on the field as a good experience none-the-less, because for now, it has been fun, and it gives her a reason to get her homework done and stay out of trouble.
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