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Scenario

When coaching teams avoid difficult conversations about athlete welfare

Our entire coaching staff knows that our star athlete has been showing signs of overtraining and possible burnout but we're all afraid to have the conversation because regionals are in six weeks and nobody wants to be the one who suggests scaling back her training.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A coaching staff is collectively avoiding a necessary intervention because individual career concerns are overriding their shared responsibility to an athlete's wellbeing.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Education — Athletic Coaching & Sports Performance?”

Peri

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