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How to Coach, According to 5 Great Sports Coaches

Harvard Business Review

In a competition I had to take away the stress, the paralyzing thoughts. ” In 2000, Bill Parcells , a football (American football, this time) coach famous for turning around underperforming teams, wrote about his approach, which is slightly blunter than Ferguson’s. She was like a racehorse waiting to run.

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