Fitter Radio Episode 463 - John Kiely
Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast
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The Role of the Coach in a Training Program
The coach's role is vitally important here, and like you say, like I think it was a wonderful illustration of the impact a coach can have. Our role is as much in writing the program as it is in influencing the emotional state that the athletes actually in. And especially bear in mind that the narcissible effect is disproportionately powerful. So you can do lots of good things, and then it's a slip. You need to be on point all the time. That means kind of it's cognitively demanding. It doesn't mean you're afraid to talk oryou're afraid to joke, but you just need to be careful. The athlete isn't even aware of it a lot of
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