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Is the Coach Expected to Challenge the Athletes?
I suppose there is this branch of thought and philosophy within elite sports that we want to visit this sort of zone of uncomfortable. You know, you might say somebody like Michael Jordan, Roy Keene more latterly would take other participants in their team, in their group, out of their comfort zone. How does that sort of relate to your research? I think the coach is expected to challenge the athlete, absolutely, definitely that is very true. And athletes correspondingly appreciating understanding that we are expected to really go beyond our comfort zones.