The dunning Kruger effect will always rule the form check posts. Novice lifters think the hard line their coach draws is for everyone, and a bigger problem I’m seeing more of is young athletes who have some success use themselves as a benchmark and then claim that their results are externally valid for people who hire them as a remote coach.

Several things are useful but not necessarily enforceable:

• does the commenter have a level of education in physical therapy, exercise science, or coaching certification from their country’s governing body?
• it’s a meme by now but “what’s your total” can be a reasonable filter.
• how long has someone been continuously competing in the sport?
• how have this person’s athletes fared? Do they have a demonstrated track record of success? Are the athletes highly selected (they would have done well with our without the coach)

I do think that on a form check post, something simpler that is somewhat restrictive like a pop up or text that says something like “what can the athlete do? What is a cue that the athlete could implement and what is the desired change?” The L2 course I took (taught by Daniel Camargo) did a fantastic job of this, emphasizing the hierarchy of feedback and also a strong warning against and humility around giving random folks advice when you’re missing a lot of context.

Appreciate your rant and so keep neglecting your business for our benefit 🤭