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When coaching partners have conflicting training philosophies

My assistant coach and I have completely different philosophies about developing players and we keep undermining each other in front of the team without meaning to and I can see the athletes getting confused about what we actually expect from them.

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You and your co-coach send mixed messages, and the players don't know what's expected of them.

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