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Coaching Ethics
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Develop the person without hiding behind consent when the drill is unsafe or pointless.
Key Concept
- Consent does not erase the job when the drill is unsafe.
- Waivers protect against lawsuits, not against the drill actually hurting someone.
- Unsafe or pointless drills still owe reasonable protection to people under your influence.
Level 1 - Recognize
Coaching ethics is the duty to protect people under your influence from unsafe or pointless harm.
Level 2 - Explain
Consent and waivers do not remove that duty because authority, expertise, and risk are not shared equally.
Level 3 - Use
Refuse the dangerous drill or cleanse even when the participant agreed to it.
Level 4 - Connect
Protection must respect autonomy without hiding behind consent; weigh benefit, risk, power, and safer alternatives through Duty of Care.
Level 5 - Create
Create a safety review for drills that states the benefit, risk, stop rule, and safer option before anyone participates.
Examples
- The coach who said “they signed the waiver” after a near-drown was not coaching - glad the parent complaint that week named what Duty of Care actually owed.
- The gym sold a dangerous cleanse because customers clicked agree - coaching ethics means you still owe reasonable protection to people under your influence.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Life Before Achievement | when the opposite frame fits better |
| extends | Develop, Don't Endanger | Develop the person - unsafe drills do not get consent cover |
| extends | Safety Comes First | Consent does not erase the job when the drill is unsafe |
| extends | Servant Leadership | Serve people under you - consent is not a shield for bad drills |
| implements | Follow Their Lead | Join their world except when the move endangers them |
