Alan Couzens

alancouzens.bsky.social

08 March 2025 15:52

When I was 12, my Nan, who was in her late 60's at the time, said something to me that I'll never forget... "The weird thing about life... it speeds up. The older you get, the shorter the days get. It just flies by" Whatever you want to do with your life, do it now. It's later than you think.

Alan Couzens

alancouzens.bsky.social

21 February 2025 05:45

Expanding... What tends to happen is coaches develop fixed systems. Some athletes do really well on a given coach's "system", some don't. When they don't, after a while, they get tired of it and try another "system". We can do better than trial and error by *individualizing* from the start.

Alan Couzens

alancouzens.bsky.social

21 December 2024 12:27

The 3 reasons... 1/ Constantly competing voices (often from people who don't know what they're talking about) 2/ Constant comparison & mimetic desire 3/ A progressive whittling down of attention spans and the ability to focus on one thing for a long period of time.