296: The adaptation conversation (with Dan Cleather)

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Mar 9, 202644:19Sports & Recreation

As coaches we like to think of the training process as predictable and controllable, but the reality isn't that straightfoward. As guest Dan Cleather explains on this week's podcast, we don't dictate training outcomes, w...

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