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Yep. The mere fact you're paying someone to tell you what to do means you're more likely to do it than if you were self-coaching. There's that feeling of someone to answer to as well.
hippy-
Exactly, knowing someone will look at my training every week is a motivation in itself - not only to do the sessions, but to do them properly. Power data doesn't really give you anywhere to hide - you're either better, or you're not.
More than once I've caught myself writing pathetic excuses as to why I couldn't train that day, and just htfu'd and gone out to do it.
dan
Yeah well, I'm setting all kinds of power PB's for short stuff at the moment and in the gym, which is good I guess. Not gone anywhere near threshold since the end of the season - just top and bottom. Should be racing indoors a little over the next couple of months, but probably only sprint events.
Turns out everyone is right - coaching does make you quicker than anything else you can throw money at. You still have to do the efforts yourself on days like this (when you'd rather not) though.