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Greg has great vision and optimism -- he sees only the greatest in something. He's continually striving to make this company better.<BR><BR>BFS isn't the only company out there with plenty to say about improving performance. With all the strength coaching and personal training organizations out there, are coaches generally caught up with the latest research in conditioning and doing most of the right things?<BR>We aren't even close to being caught up! We still have coaches who believe that weight training will stunt growth and make athletes muscle-bound. We still have coaches who believe that you should put heat on a turned ankle. And I'm just amazed that coaches will drive 500 miles to learn how to stop a wing-T offense, but they womates and coaches. We honored him for staying valiant and for always staying on course <br>in his pursuit of noble goals. <br><br>The award stated, <br> P.J. BROWN IS AN ELEVEN. portance of experience if you want to succeed at coaching a pro team. He says first and foremost a coach must have been exposed to various sources of training. In hi opinion, the best background to come from is college coaching. Second, he feels you must be proficient in sports medicine.  You don t need to know everything a physical therapist or doctor knows, but you better be fluent in your ality to talk with them, says Alejo.  You need to be privy to enough information that you can deal with these health professionals on a one-on-one basis, because injury prevention and recoveryis so important at this level.<br><br> Third, you must be prepared to work with different personalities. At the college level, you can pretty much mke your athletes do what you want them to do. At the pro level you can t because what they re doing is going to hae a direct result on their paycheck. You have to remember this is their profession, so you have to be flexible. You need to compromise. <br>Compromise, lejo points ot, must be made becase it s the best course of action, and thi is where experience counts.  Earlier in my career I may not have been quite so apt to question someone s opiion or theory on conditioning, he says.  Now that I m older I ve got no problem telling someone what I know and where I stand compared to what they know. I believe that s a prblem with new coaches. Until you have stability in the profession and considerable knowedge gained by experience, it s tough to tell someone, no, that s not right. <r><br>Alejo sinfluence extends beyond the A s playing field, anotherindication of his success at this level. Most pro athletes, especially some of the bigger nae players on the A s, have a respectable knowledge and interest in conditioning. Slugger Canseco even has his ow book on weight training for baseball. Therefore, developing a rapport with his athletes is essential for Alejo in guiding and integrating the training the players do on their own into the overall conditioning levels dictated by the team and the game.<br><br> I know these guys and have been around them long enough that if they want to go off on their own and try something, they know to come to me to have a look at it first, says Alejo, who often encourages players to branch out on their own during the winter with his approval, that is.  When I design a program, we sit down together and go over what makes them tick, what can make them better ball players. Their input is just as important, as far as I m concerned, as my knowledge and experience. There sgot to be mutual respect. <b><br>Alejo s Challenge<br>