The Importance of Arousal in Coaching

Dan Path: Some athletes put the focus in the wrong stuff. They've got all these, you know, and metrics are important. But they're not focused on that because they're insecure about that. And as a coach, you have to identify that and then put in strategies to try to combat that. Dan Path: I see it all the time in my own crappy training. Sometimes when I'm feeling insecure, like in powerlifting, I'll chase a bigger deadlift number in training just to prove to myself that I can get it. It's almost like you have to prove to yourself that you're good enough. The folks that struggle to try in those situations are actually the folks