There are two kinds of athletes: 1. Athletes that need to be pushed. 2. Athletes that need to be held back. One of the most important aspects of our job is to figure out which category each of out athletes falls into. Some people are one kind of athletes their whole running career; others switch categories from one season to the next. Some will even switch from one practice to the next. One kind is not inherently better than the other; they are simply different. Too often, we push the athletes who need to be held back. Or we don´t know how much to push the ones that need pushing. As coaches, it´s easy for us to focus on the physiological or technical side of our sport. But an even more important aspect of out job is also perhaps the most time-consuming - but absolutely essential if we want to be effective coaches.
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