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I've spent the last 2 years researching, writing, and speaking about head coach burnout at the elite levels of sport.
Coaches are running on fumes right now. We are remarkably far from 'high-performance', but I'm unwilling to accept that can't change.
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Coaches are running on fumes right now. We are remarkably far from 'high-performance', but I'm unwilling to accept that can't change.
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When I started writing #TheToughStuff, I was told head coaches would never talk about the emotional toll that the job takes on them.
That's nonsense. We talk about it all the time, and in the public domain. It's just that many don't want to listen.
nytimes.com/2020/11/13/spo…
That's nonsense. We talk about it all the time, and in the public domain. It's just that many don't want to listen.
nytimes.com/2020/11/13/spo…
"Rivers needed to get IVs before he coached the Clippers. But his health scare reinforced an NBA-wide issue: At a time when teams monitor the most minute details about their players’ health, the men charged with coaching neglect their own well-being."
latimes.com/sports/story/2…
latimes.com/sports/story/2…
