My client finishes a set of Romanian deadlifts, sets the bar down, and says directly to me, “I will never get this right.” Her form was solid. The only thing that failed was the sentence she said out loud, and the dozen versions of it she said silently before she started. That moment is a coaching opportunity. Most new coaches let it pass because nobody told them it was theirs to address.
Self-talk is a training variable. Treating it like one changes what is possible in a coaching relationship.
Read more in my Coach360 article here.
