How I coach when athletes are trying something new. When an athlete is trying a new movement or mechanical change, I really don’t care where the ball goes. In practice, we care about the process first. I give the athlete permission to try by vocalizing this. “I don’t care where it goes.” Athletes often need permission to try and fail to find their untapped potential. Once we get the process down, then we focus on the results. Allowing for failure speeds up the entire process.