I hate it when I do not have the undivided attention of an athlete. It is not an ego thing either; it is an efficiency thing. Let me explain.
I have a way of doing things. I see a problem and then attack it. Many coaches attack the problem differently because they coach “what”. What shot to hit, what position to go to, What percentage this and that and so on. I coach “how”. How to hit the shot means you will be able to execute at a higher level consistently. relatively free of injury.
For whatever reason some of my athletes end up working with another coach. Usually this happens when my players get good and begin winning tournaments and making some noise in the racquetball world. Then everyone wants to help the player who has gone from invisible to amazing! Anyway, this coach is eager to prove themselves so they begin tinkering with the things I am doing with my athletes. I have many secret sauce examples that I will not relate in this forum but here is one general example.
Coach B tells me my athlete is not in ready position. Over and over my athlete is standing up instead of hunkering down into ready position between shots. This is a conflicting message because my athlete has a leg injury. Coach B does not know that or has forgotten that. I have modified by athlete’s positioning or should I say that athlete did it intuitively. I left it alone. Why? It is not affecting this athlete and will not affect this athlete in the near future. What would affect this athlete is having them “hunker down” into textbook court positioning. (Which may not be that efficient anyway..another post for another day!)
Some players, parents, and fans think the more coaches the better, but I say, “Not necessarily!”
Find one; stick with them; especially if you have worked your way up the chain with them!