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Coach-scope teaching plan
Team Nutrition Education
Team nutrition education works when coaches teach the basics repeatedly, stay in scope, and know when the next step is referral instead of more talking.
5-minute talks1 topic firstRepeat weeklyRefer when needed
Teach it this way
Pick one basic, keep the lesson short, repeat it in real training context, and stop when the question becomes individualized or clinical.
Start
1Start
Do not teach everything
Pick the first message and stay there
Start with breakfast, practice snack, recovery, or hydration. Ignore the urge to build a full curriculum in one week.
Start with one
BreakfastSnackHydrationRecovery
Short
2Short
Keep it usable
Use a 5 to 10 minute teaching lane
Use short team talks, one handout, or one poster tied to the next session athletes actually have instead of one giant preseason monologue.
Length5 to 10 min
Best useBefore practice
Repeat
3Repeat
Make it part of the program
Bring the same basics back on purpose
Tie the message to hard sessions, meet weeks, and recovery days so athletes start doing it instead of just hearing it once.
RepeatSame 3 to 4 basics
Tie toReal session
Refer
4Refer
Coach scope ends here
Know when team education stops
If the question turns medical, individualized, or eating-disorder related, stop teaching and start referring.
Coach scope is team education, not treatment or individualized meal planning.
Who owns what
Coach
teach the basics and repeat them often.
Athletes
practice one action from the lesson that same week.
Referral network
absorb individualized or clinical questions quickly.
Non-negotiables
Do not turn team education into body-composition coaching.Keep the message practical enough to use today.Repeat the basics instead of inventing a new topic every week.Move clinical concerns out of the team-talk lane early.
The best coach education strategy is simple enough to repeat and disciplined enough to stop when the issue is no longer a team-level teaching problem.