you plan to guide your students this season towards them? will you say: "think about this as just another competition"? or maybe you will advise: "use this unique chance and use this pressure"? or maybe a whole different approach?
it's nonsense to say that this is just like another competition, because it's not. it's a dream of every athlete; it's a goal of every athlete, so of course when you get there you are more nervous. the pressure is bigger, the media attention is bigger, and everything is bigger. so what i keep telling them is that they have to train in a way that they are able to manage this 