October 4, 2009

the end of the gen x athlete period? [excerpt]

Is it almost over for Gen X athletes? (photo of Brett Favre via flickr by Mendeola)

Boden Hanson, four time Olympian, has written an article about Generation Y athletes in which he talks about the nearing end of the Generation X athlete period, as well as significant differences between the two generations of athletes. Here is a an excerpt:

Sports programs today are dominated with Generation Y (Gen Y) athletes. We are almost at the end of the Generation X (Gen X) athlete period. With the change in generations, there are changes in how to best coach athletes, because as you may have noticed, Gen Y is different to Gen X..."

Is Tiger slipping? (photo via flickr by Keith Allison)

3 comments:

Shawn said...

Thank you for this article. As a manager dealing with a younger generation of employees I feel this article easily applies to the workplace/employer in the same way as it does to sport/coach. I've forwarded it to a couple work committees that deal with such things.

Jenny said...

ugh, you should have put Farve in the Packer's outfit. Vikings (cringe)

:)

Daddy Forever said...

With a few exceptions, it's hard for us to get faster and stronger at our age. Luckily, we can still get smarter.

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