Others are "back in my day" coaches relating stories of how they worked twice as hard uphill both ways in the snow year-round. Some are "The Technical," seeing small deviations in technique that athletes never knew existed, or "The Perfectionist," who wants things done one way or they will continue to be redone (Poirier-Leroy, 2018).If you talked to any of the athletes I coached at the U.S. Masters Swim Team at University of Maryland, they would probably tell you that I am a "Big Data" coach (Poirier-Leroy, 2018). I really cannot deny that I like data; it tells a story. Big Data coaches are the sabermetrics wizards of other sports, living for the math, data, numbers, stats and splits.
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