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Peer Help Scope and Handoff

Helping a teammate includes knowing when to ask the coach.

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Companion to Teach Athletes How to Help a Teammate Without Becoming a Second Coach.

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Hypothetical example: an athlete points to the assigned equipment box, then asks the coach when teammates describe two different directions.

01Name the kind of help you are asking for

Name the approved ordinary help.

02Repeat the current direction without adding a new lesson

Record the current instruction the helper may repeat.

03Offer help without taking ownership of the other child

Check whether help is wanted and appropriate.

04Teach the handoff when the question exceeds the role

Hand unresolved questions to the coach.

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