Originally Posted by
novicejay
Coach,
This guy's questions is exactly one of the things I was talking about when we were discussing experts and how experts become experts a while back. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people THINK they are experts and they are actually ignorant. Their ignorance leads to them passing down ignorance from their Coach. This is one of the problems with acquiring expertise, if you have the WRONG Coach it won't matter how hard to train or how long you train, etc. Quite frankly, it was not until I read the books, bought your DVD (long time ago now), read these forums repeatedly, that I understood how to train correctly. Even then, it was not until I hired a Coach from SS that I got much better at training.
This ignorance is in nearly EVERY sport as most Coaches do not educate themselves beyond what their own ignorant Coach taught them.
Why don't you give him a book? Why don't you pay Coach Rippetoe (after you give him a book) or one of the other Coach from SS to get on the phone or talk with the Coach?
You can also agree with him and say something along the lines of, "I used to incorporate that into the program Coach but I found that it was actually hurting performance in the weight room and on the field. What happened was x, y, and z. Let me tell you the story about x, y, and z. So after this happened to me, I went to this seminar, bought this book that I wanted you to have, etc. These are the top experts in weight lifting. . . I think with their methods we can get to the line squatting around 400 pounds for reps and if we do that I expect we may be the strongest team in the state. . ."