Joao ran the same high-energy circuit that the men loved — competitive trash talk, racing each other — for the women's team right after a threshold swim practice. Six or seven girls left injured, including an Olympian who threw out her back. He almost cried on the pool deck asking his head coach if he was a bad coach. It took weeks to rebuild trust, and the overcorrection made him under-train them next. The emotional weight of hurting an athlete, he says, is the heaviest baggage a coach carries.
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