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101: John Kiely on questioning conventions

Supporting Champions

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The Importance of Empathy in Sport

I was a victim of that because my first international fight was against the world number two when you were being champion. I think it helped appreciate just what athletes are going through and all of the things outside of the training track or the, you know, whatever the training environment is. If you don't have confidence in your coach and you're in a high pressure environment, you were going to be in big trouble. Look at the opposite way around. If you have complete faith and confidence in your support team, it's a different frame of mind,. A different set of biochemical consequences. You thinking differently, you react differently. It's about not being over the top in terms of overly stressed reactions

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