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By Bridger Bell, Swimming World Guest Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

Culture and attitudes around training are changing. There are pros and cons.<\/p>\n

I believe today\u2019s youth are kinder, more tolerant and more innovative than any before, but some characteristics of today\u2019s youth generation make it challenging for coaches who grew up in a different paradigm around training. And in some ways, today\u2019s youth lose out on valuable training lessons and experiences when some aspects of contemporary culture aren\u2019t challenged.<\/p>\n

The latest Star Wars movie makes these changes and challenges abundantly clear.<\/p>\n

How training used to be: Luke<\/h3>\n

Awakening The Force in yourself through years of training:
\nDrive, Dedication, Delayed gratification, Deference (trust), Demands (high expectations).<\/p>\n

Drive:<\/em>
\n\u201cI want to learn the ways of The Force and become a Jedi like my father\u201d \u2013Luke<\/p>\n

Dedication and Delayed Gratification:<\/em>
\nLuke trained for years, pursuing excellence in mastering the ways of The Force, tackling tasks he couldn\u2019t see the benefit of until long after struggling through them (\u201cdelayed gratification\u201d).<\/p>\n

Deference (trust):<\/em>
\nYoda, like Mr. Miyagi or Pai Mei, drove his pupil toward excellence depending on Luke\u2019s deference to his authority and trust in his wisdom. Sometimes, Luke was in the dark about why\/how a training task would make him better, but despite expressing frustration at times, he ultimately engaged with Yoda\u2019s training plan, putting faith in the outcome.<\/p>\n

Demands (high expectations):<\/em>
\n\u201cDo or do not. There is no \u2018try.\u2019\u201d \u2013Yoda
\nYoda held the line and pushed Luke harshly, far beyond his comfort level. There was little tolerance for falling short. Perhaps a healthier incarnation of this coaching approach today is inviting swimmers up to high expectations without the harsher tone, while still retaining Yoda-esque uncompromising standards.<\/p>\n

How training is today: Rey<\/h3>\n

\u2018The Force Awakens\u2019 magically, on its own, with little-to-no training or preparation<\/p>\n

Rey, without any training or preparation, out-engineers Han Solo on his own ship, holds her own with a lightsaber the first time she picks it up against a Dark-Lord-in-training (Kylo Ren, who has been a pupil to the master Snoke) and almost effortlessly uses mind tricks that Luke struggled over time to hone.<\/p>\n

Rey epitomizes what many young people today wish to believe about excellence: that it comes from being special, not from a long \u2013 at times baffling and frustrating \u2013 engagement with training toward excellence.<\/p>\n

Finn and \u201cWhy\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When I was training, you didn\u2019t ask \u201cwhy.\u201d You just did it. This was probably even more true for prior generations. There were problems with that culture \u2013 the risk of abuse, for one.<\/p>\n

There is certainly a risk of too much deference to authority. But the pendulum may have swung too far the other way in today\u2019s training world.<\/p>\n

Many of today\u2019s young athletes simply aren\u2019t willing to do something until they understand the \u201cwhy.\u201d There\u2019s no place for delayed gratification and deference. Many expect to be \u2018Rey\u2019s and aren\u2019t willing to train as \u2018Luke\u2019s. Many older athletes have learned invaluable lessons by embracing a challenge before understanding the \u201cwhy,\u201d only coming to the epiphany later as a result of a prolonged struggle.<\/p>\n

I feel lucky to coach on a team where I believe there\u2019s a healthy balance of trust in the program and a thirst for understanding of \u201cwhy.\u201d But this balance is hard-won and tenuous to maintain in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

Finn is a good example of healthy skepticism. When his fellow Storm Troopers committed atrocities out of blind faith and deference, Finn consulted his conscience and turned to the Light Side.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s normal and healthy to question authority, especially through adolescence, you can look to Luke (Star Wars: A New Hope), Daniel-san (The Karate Kid) and Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill Vol.2) as exemplars of balancing healthy skepticism with drive, dedication, delayed gratification, deference (trust) and demands (high expectations).<\/p>\n

A Way Forward<\/h3>\n

(who knows, maybe this will be the title of Episode VIII?)<\/p>\n

In light of these considerations, I hold A New Hope for today\u2019s young athletes that they\u2019ll balance the healthy aspects of older-paradigm training values with their own generational strengths, so that The Force Awakens not magically and out of the blue \u2013 because that\u2019s not how any great athlete I\u2019m aware of ever achieved excellence \u2013 but as a result of years of drive, dedication, delayed gratification, deference (trust) and demands (high expectations).<\/p>\n

About the Author: Bridger Bell is Head Age Group Coach and an Assistant National Groups Coach at Team Santa Monica. For more information visit\u00a0Team Santa Monica website<\/a>,\u00a0Coach Bridger Bell\u2019s Articles and Bio<\/a>, and\u00a0Bridger\u2019s YouTube Channel<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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