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Onboarding New Athletes

Goal assessment and season planning are two details you must attend to in taking on a new athlete.

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Process for Goal Setting and Season Planning
A new athlete approaches you with a goal. Is it achievable? If you can get to "yes," identify the limiters and make a plan to address them over the course of the season. It's a "road map" that will require many adjustments en route to the goal.

Goal assessment and season planning are two details you must attend to in taking on a new athlete.

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