Coachable. It's a term to describe someone who actively listens, asks questions, and applies what they learn. A key phrase in that definition is "asks questions". A coachable athlete asks questions if they don't understand what you tell them, or asks why something works and another thing doesn't. These are good questions. What this post is about however, is the wrong type of questions. In the past few days I've been asked some questions that I would consider unhelpful and unnecessary.
The two unnecessary questions I was asked were "Why are you doing extra sprints?" And "Why are you working out again tonight, we're working out in the morning?" The answer to both of these questions is because I want to get better. I don't settle for average, and I want to be the best I can be. This cannot be accomplished by only doing the required workouts, and doing things only an average person would do. I do extra sprints after practice because I want to get better, I want to get faster, I want to be more explosive. I do extra workouts because I want to get stronger, I want to get more powerful. While you're not doing things to make you better, your opponent is getting extra work in.
The moral of this post is go the extra mile. Do the extra sprints. Do the extra workouts. Be better than your opponent. And especially, don't question someone why they're doing something when you're not. That person is trying to get better.
