Show Notes
One rule of communication that reveals what athletes actually mean, plus the framework I use to quantify injury risk on every decision on whether an athlete is ready to return.
Solo episode on the kind of clients we like to work with at Petey Performance, the ones that unfortunately stall, and the small handful of coaching rules I use to read what an athlete actually means versus what they say.
The standout is the "but" rule. When an athlete says "I know you don't do timelines, but..." ignore everything before the but. What comes after is what they actually mean, and that lets you identify an issue before it does any damage to the process.
The second half is the practitioner half. A risk-percentage framework that lets the athlete own the comeback call, five signs an athlete has quietly quit, the difference between a programmer and a coach, and what a three-star review taught me about our process and how we can improve.
0:00 — Intro 0:18 — The clients we like to work with 3:57 — The clients who make the work harder 6:06 — Why belief drives every outcome 7:06 — Ignore everything before the “but” 7:37 — Putting a percentage on injury risk 10:44 — Five signs an athlete has quietly quit 16:02 — Programmers vs coaches 20:40 — A three-star review and honest coaching 23:54 — Wallow or build: two options 27:16 — The gap between thought and action
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