 Hey coaches welcome back to another episode of make money coaching sports. I'm coach Jim Swift of sports performance training Today's topic is going to be why I chose to be a sports performance coach And I'm also going to tie in why I still choose to be a sports performance coach I think that's very important since I am now 10 total years into being a trainer and seven years. Actually, I just started year eight Running my own business with performance training so when I first got into wanting to be a sports performance coach It was because I was Had in college. I was in a very big fitness kick. I want to know all of it about nutrition for those who are In the fitness side sports formants the common denominators. I wanted to learn about strength I want to learn about speed. I want to learn about anything that could not only make me better from a health aspect But also perform better in the gym Perform better if I decide to go do a pickup basketball pickup football game Later on run around my own future kids But also when I played sports There was always guys and I looked back and I'm like man, that was some terrible strength conditioning programs We did in high school, but Why were we so successful and some of it came down to you know, there was some strength science But there's a lot that was outdated and I know that it would in order to help more kids You had to find something that's more than just about Hard work hard work hard work every day What kind of things can you change up within your program? As a strength coach to help more kids at once than just the genetically gifted hard workers, okay? And even if you do have Everybody who is genetically gifted and hard workers. Are you setting them up for long-term success? Are you gonna fall short to a team that is? Genetically gifted also hard workers, but training even smarter I wanted to make sure that that gap was as narrow as possible for the athletes that I helped So that made me really fun not because I was trying to like wish I could go back and play sports again Be better, but so I can give the confidence to another boy or girl Athletes training to know that no matter how good you are if you're struggling to get better Everybody else is increasing. We have the solution to get you better. I have the solution to get you better You just got to trust me. We do that put in the work But you know, we have enough science and understanding in our coaching now to where I can make sure that What happened to me and several my teammates and our whole team In the regular season the playoffs individuals You know doesn't happen to them if it doesn't have to okay make sure I give them the best potential to succeed and Reduce injuries and just feel better after training. Okay, not that feel beat up all the time like we did in football a lot and like a lot of Athletes and different sports do now because that's the culture, right? So That's why I got into it. I was a nutrition and fitness strength science Junkie and that's all I want to do and plus I didn't want to continue being a finance major in college because I hate to sit Down so I knew if I didn't want to sit down for long then being a sports performance coach was it? Okay? Why do I still decide every single day? I wake up to be a sports performance coach One I still love it for myself also I Learn and relearn something new like every three to six months that I want somebody else to know So I'm always wanting to teach people other things through training through nutrition coaching And I get that teaching side of me because my parents taught in the public schools for a total of 65 years. I Never wanted to be a teacher in the schools because you know, it's Very busy overworked, you know, everything has kind of changed We won't get into that but it wasn't something that I wanted to do but I did want to teach others adults and You know athletes around my area my community Through my own way through what I was passionate at and that's how I really stay engaged with force-for-arms coaching And then you add in everything for me running a successful business What does it take to be successful? What does it take to help you guys listening here to be successful? Everything be successful as a strength conditioning coach as a business of strength conditioning be a more successful Parent spouse become good at anything over a long period of time. I Really love teaching that stuff because I feel like those common denominators We've always used sports to teach a life lessons and get people through harsh times I feel like that's another add-on that I can provide and I love providing it Because there's a lot of confusion a lot of noise out there. You coaches know it People come to you confuse over so much information But then you simplify you show them how easy it can be with the right kind of coaching and guidance and once again hard work Consistency and then I like showing them how they can apply that to other areas of life So that's why I chose to be a strength conditioning coach And that's why I still choose to be a strength conditioning coach. My wife has asked me Okay, you're I'm turned 30 January 11th. I'm turning 34 and 12 days. When are you gonna retire? When does a personal trainer private strength coach retire? I honestly have no idea when that is Because as many of you know whether you've worked in the private side, you've been a college athlete You've been a high school athlete. You have worked in either one of those You know that we kind of do it to her like 70 All right As long as the body can keep going and if you love coaching and you can give every day and do it You're gonna keep doing it to your almost 70. Okay I'm not saying I'll be working 40 50 sessions a week when I'm that age But I do want to be around it and I told her like I love it so much that it has gonna take either A big physical disability like my kneecaps are shot. My back is torn up You got to cut a foot off Or just a really better opportunity for me and my family to where I want to step away from this Okay, so as of right now all the reasons why I still choose to do what I do is definitely gonna overpower Why or when I would actually walk away from ever doing training sessions even 10 hours a week I told her after a certain time if I this I do online nutrition coaching I give online workouts I was like even if that is making me a million dollars a year. I would still want to get out of the house and do Sportsformers coaching with Athletes in my area because I love it. It's my way of teaching them. I can kind of get back to my community every single day I get paid to do that Sports and fitness was and still is a big part of my life and I have learned a lot of life lessons that helped me in business Succeed helped you guys succeed and all the other coaches that make money coaching sports will agree to that So I'm gonna keep doing it for as long as I can because everything I listed. That's what I love doing Okay, so always remember Your passions and your why with this. Okay, not just why you like to work out why you like to eat healthier for your own health performance, but always understand Why you chose to do something and why you choose to do something every single day to be successful a lot of y'all listening to hear Had invested in our mentorship program Because you don't just want to make more money. I mean, that's great. We all want to make more money But you want to keep this ship sailing. Okay, because you absolutely love what you do and every single day you remember The big why and what you do and you can help everybody else remember their why so they can succeed So take a little time to remember that write that down have it anywhere in your bathroom and your car every day in your office And we'll talk to you next time if you haven't signed up. Give us a dm You can actually email me at make money coaching athletes at gmail.com Or you know what go ahead and text me at two one zero four one four three zero seven seven If you're not signed up in the membership be happy to take a free 15 to 20 minute phone call where I can talk to you about your business things you're dealing with That are just bringing it down or things that have been going awesome I can give you some free pointers and we can work from there. Okay. Take care