Elite Coaches
At elite level, the visible error is not always the problem that needs correcting. Pressure can change attention, perception, control strategy and decision-making before movement changes. The coach’s task is to identify what changed, where it began and whether an intervention is needed at all.
Do not correct the end of the chain
A technical variation may be the visible result of an earlier change in attention, perception, fatigue, emotion or conscious control.
Protect what already works
At elite level, unnecessary instruction can pull a well-trained movement back under conscious control. Intervention should solve a problem, not create a new one.
Choose the intervention, not just the information
The same correction can help in practice and destabilise performance in competition. Timing, amount of information and the athlete’s current state matter.
Articles for Elite Coaches
Mechanism-based articles on what changes under pressure, how coach intervention can alter the athlete’s performance organisation, and how to decide what needs attention in practice or competition.
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