Shhhh ...

Dear Coaches,

Shhhhhh.

Stop talking so much.

We know you know a lot, but we're not sure you need thousands of words. Maybe a couple hundred. A few cues. And a touch of the bodyparts we can adjust to fix this movement.

We know you think you're helping when you talk more and explain everything fully and thoroughly, and sometimes you are (and we love that) but sometimes you're not.

It's been a long day with all sorts of people yapping at us on the phone, on tv, on the internet – so much communication – and we're here now to focus and block out the bullshit. So give us what we need to know, and help us concentrate on those words. We need those words from you.

But, please don't show us ten ways to do this movement wrong: we don't need those images in our heads. We need a couple of demos on how to do it right, couple of reminders on what we're doing wrong, on what we could improve.

We mean this with all the love in our hearts: sometimes, please shut up.

Watch, fix, but maybe do it with as few words as possible. Today, you might help us the most that way.

Thank you,

Your Athletes