Just recently I was painfully reminded of how important regular coaching is. I have been involved in a specific sport for years and had always had access to regular weekly coaching. Last year I moved into an area where coaches are not as readily available, so I have not had any coaching for about six months. Over the past weekend we had a fairly high level coach come in for a training session and I was shocked at how much I had slipped back into my old habits, and how quickly I had done so. I really didn’t hear anything new, but I was reminded of how lazy I had become while practicing this sport on my own.