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Olympic shorts: The athlete-coach relationship
OU sports academic Caroline Heaney discusses the relationship between an athlete and their coach in this Olympics Shorts video
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(The Open University)Dr Caroline Heaney is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Fitness at The Open University.
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