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Cutting a Player Is an Act of Care

Becky Carlson, head rugby coach at Quinnipiac, on the five reasons letting players go got so hard, reframing endings as care, and being curious over furious.

Bruce E. Brown · Proactive Coaching

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A Proactive Coaching podcast interview with Becky Carlson of Fearless Coach LLC, head rugby coach at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, hosted by Bruce Brown. Topics covered: why letting players go has become so difficult for coaches, five reasons the process is harder today (lack of administrative support, inconsistent leadership messaging, society's discomfort with endings, over-identification with sport, and the collision of mental health awareness with accountability), reframing being cut as an act of care, gateway questions for parents and athletes, neutral questions parents can ask after a child is cut, "curious over furious," and endings in sport as a dress rehearsal for life.

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