National Coach Survey is a division of the Manhattanville College's Graduate Sports Business Management program

This Week's Survey Topic: SUMMER TRAINING

Now that summer is officially here, we turn our attention to exploring what coaches at the Travel, High School and College levels do to encourage--or not--their athletes to conduct a summer training routine so that they are ready for the fall season or to add to their skill levels.

Please specify what level and sport you coach.

How much of a break in training, if any, do you expect your athletes to take during the summer months?

A few weeks
More than a month
The entire summer
No break

What goals do you feel are the most important for your athletes to focus on during the summer?

Trimming body fat
Increasing muscle mass
Losing weight AND increasing muscle mass
Improving their skills in an area in which they are weak

If you are a Travel coach, in terms of summer sports camps, do you suggest, encourage, expect your athletes to participate?

Suggest
Encourage
Expect
Insist
None of the above

If you are a High School coach, in terms of summer sports camps, do you suggest, encourage, expect your athletes to participate?

Suggest
Encourage
Expect
Insist
None of the above

If you are a Travel coach, how often do you communicate with your athletes and/or their parents during the summer?

Occasionally
Regularly
Constantly
Never

If you are a High School coach, how often do you communicate with your athletes during the summer?

Occasionally
Regularly
Constantly
Never

If you are a College coach, how often do you communicate with your athletes during the summer?

Occasionally
Regularly
Constantly
Never

If you are a Travel coach and you DO communicate with your athletes and/or parents during the summer, by what means do you usually do it?

Face to face in a group setting
Face to face, one on one
Telephone
Email
Text message
Other

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How much of a break in training, if any, do you expect your athletes to take during the summer months?
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What goals do you feel are the most important for your athletes to focus on during the summer?
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If you are a Travel coach, in terms of summer sports camps, do you suggest, encourage, expect your athletes to participate?
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If you are a High School coach, in terms of summer sports camps, do you suggest, encourage, expect your athletes to participate?
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If you are a Travel coach, how often do you communicate with your athletes and/or their parents during the summer?
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If you are a High School coach, how often do you communicate with your athletes during the summer?
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If you are a College coach, how often do you communicate with your athletes during the summer?
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If you are a Travel coach and you DO communicate with your athletes and/or parents during the summer, by what means do you usually do it?
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