In Ieorg Idur, the children's book by Roald Dahl, it seems as if the turtle Rudi grows a little bigger every day with the magic spell Ieorg Idur.
Not because Rudi is trying so hard, but because Mr. Hoppe secretly keeps sliding a slightly larger turtle under the balcony.
A clever trick.
Sometimes I think we do the same thing in sports clubs.
We put someone in front of a group.
We hope it works out.
And if it doesn't work? Then we just change trainers and with the magic spell Reni Art Ieorg we hope that this one is also "bigger" than the previous one.
Like Ms. Silver, we look on with confidence and believe that growth will happen naturally.
But real growth requires something else: time, attention and nourishment.
A turtle does not grow by changing it, but by taking care of it daily. It is exactly the same with trainers.
If you want trainers to grow, you must continue to feed them with knowledge, trust and guidance.
Research shows that trainers often quit because they don't feel seen. Because no one asks how things are going, there is no intervision or because no one looks at their development together with them. Appreciation is not just in a card at Christmas or a BBQ at the end of the season. Appreciation is in being taken seriously in your growth.
True development does not begin with changing, but with investing in who is already there.
Trainer guidance.
Someone who asks:
- Where are you?
- Who are you as a trainer?
- What is going well?
- What could be better?
- What do you want to develop yourself in?
Coaching is perhaps the most valuable investment you can make as an association. And that is more than offering a coaching course or a clinic. Real coaching is custom-made. Personal. Focused on who the coach is, where he stands and where he wants to go.
