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Could be a number of roles.
For some kids....a trainer is definitely a mentor.
For some kids a trainer may be a consultant....which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
But should a trainer be an influencer? Should trainers get involved in players changing schools .....whether HS or college? Should a trainer be involved in a player opting out?
Let me be clear......
Not all personal trainers get overly involved.
I should have been more clear about that.
Many simply:
1. Train the athlete and help them improve.
2. Promote those athletes that have the ability to play college football.
3. Provide honest assessments to the player on whether he is a legit college prospect, what level prospect, and what type schools he should be looking at......
Beyond that it seems to go into grey areas.
Did Newman's personal coach get too involved?
If it is happening, I’d imagine it works like the AAU scene with college basketball recruits
Tex, as a baseball coach I definitely fall in the "live with it but don't like it" category.
Just told a guy the other day that highschool coaches especially baseball coaches are quickly becoming game managers. "Dont coach my kid I pay a guy for that"
I'm the same way as a softball coach.....we really don't have a choice in encouraging our pitchers to get outside coaching.
Certainly agree that it's been a problem in baseball/softball for years.
I don't necessarily have a problem with the outside instruction......it's the other involvement that concerns me.
A lot of my players get outside training. I would say a majority.
I have never really had a huge issue with it, but I have never had a high D1 kid either. Some of my friends around here have. Some of those kids had an entourage.
Usually, they are ruined by the time they leave high school.
Uncoachable. Bad teammates. End up attending several different colleges, lucky to actually get a degree.
It's sad, really.
Let the kids be kids as long as they are kids.
Isn’t a scholarship somewhat of a contract?
Yeah they are contracts. Are there negotiable terms in them as well as a salary for the players? I understand a few people don't want to like private coaches because of the power some of them have over recruits, but they are not agents. You can just call them influencers and still not like them.
Agree. They are certainly not agents
Very informative. Thanks for sharing your experience. I will certainly look at things differently now.