Scale weight is a weak coaching tool. The athlete's health and performance picture is much larger than one number measured without context.
Weight-focused language often drives restriction before it drives performance
Public weigh-ins and casual comments can trigger food anxiety, secrecy, and compensatory behaviors.
Young female athletes are especially vulnerable when performance feedback gets tied to body size.
The harm usually shows up long before the coach realizes it.
Readiness markers beat scale data for most coaching decisions
Look at training quality, recovery, sleep, cycle regularity, illness, injury, mood, and consistency.
If those markers improve, the athlete is usually moving in the right direction.
If they fall while weight drops, the number is not a win.