KAIZEN
Sept. 29, 2015
By Steve Scott

MATSIDE COACHING
     One thing is for sure and that is the fact that I coached a lot of athletes at matside in my long career as a coach, from local tournaments to World Championships. In this video (close to an hour in length), I present 22 different areas of advice that I learned along the way.
     Shown below are some photos from my coaching career that might be interesting to you.

(Photo above) This is me coaching at matside in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1988 with the U.S. Under 21 Judo Team. Look at the stopwatch in my right hand. We won quite a few gold medals in that tournament including Jimmy Pedro's gold medal at 65 kg.

(Photo above) The team photograph of the 1990 U.S. Team at the World Judo Championships for Under 21 in Dijon, France. Becky Scott was the Women's Coach and Jim Pedro, Sr. and I were the Men's Coaches. I think we had 4 of these athletes go on the be members of the U.S. Olympic Judo Team.

(Photo above) Becky Scott getting her hand raised by the referee after winning the World Sambo Championship in 1983 in Madrid, Spain.

(Photo above)  Becky and I with the team trophy for 3rd place in an international judo tournament in Lille, France in 1987. We were the coaches for the U.S. Judo Team. Welcome Mat Coach Ken Brink was on that team and won a bronze medal in the 86 kg. weight class.

(Photo above) The U.S. Team at the World High School Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan in 1990. Welcome Mat athlete Joe Roberts is standing at left in the photo and I am standing at right.

(Photo above)  Steve Scott (left), Bob Corwin (center) and Gunter Neureuther (West Germany) at the 1992 World Judo Championships for Under 21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bob and I were the U.S. Team Coaches and Gunter was the West German Team Coach and was an Olympic and World Medal Winner as well.

(Photo above) I was training in Mexico at the Mexican Olympic Training Center in 1983 with Rene Pommerelle and the Mexican National Men's Judo Team. This is a photo taken before a workout. Rene is standing, fourth from left and I am in the center.

(Photo above)  Team Manager Ralph Reyes (right) and me at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany. This photo was taken in 1987 when we were in East Germany training and for a tournament. Those were the days when there was an East Germany (Communist) and a West Germany (Free) and the Berlin Wall separated Berlin into East and West. I can tell you, life in West Berlin was a whole lot better than life in East Berlin.

(Photo above) The official team photo taken at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado of the 1983 U.S. Women's Sambo Team that competed in the Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. This was one of the best teams I ever coached. We won 4 gold and 6 silver medals in 10 weight classes.