Let's say that you are a globally ranked swimmer and you found out that your swim coach was selling your workouts to a Chinese competitor and even the invited the competitor down for a swim with you. Let's say that you and this Chinese swimmer meet up at the Olympics and she hands you your bum and you place third. Would you be mad?
Jessicah Schipper says in this Age.com article: "...I was aware of that. He had told me about it, so it has nothing to do with that," Schipper said, adding that their parting was amicable.
"It's just I'd been doing exactly the same thing for 10 years. It was pretty much just the same old, same old, and I just feel it's time for a change.
"I need a new outlook on swimming, probably a younger coach's perspective, I suppose."
She is considering joining Stephan Widmer, who has coached her Queensland teammates Libby Trickett and Leisel Jones, with whom (along with backstroker Emily Seebohm) she won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 medley relay in Beijing. ..." [Link]
2 comments:
Why be mad? cooperation and communication are always encouraged and, whether or not you like it, inevitably increasing on the international stage. We should be open-minded and embrace what will eventually benefit everyone. Do you see how many swimmers come from around the world training in US and making their success? And how some foreigh coaches lead the US teams to the olympic podium? It is really unnecessary to make a fuss about it.
I agree with you. Also, I think the USA Womens team should go down under and train. Australia is really doing something right.
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