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Re: Mentors on drive team

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Originally Posted by big1boom View Post
Everything that a mentor can see, a student can see better, faster, and communicate it with the drive team efficiently.
I would like to dispute this point. Being able to communicate efficiently is entirely dependent on the individual, as is true in all aspects of life. There is nothing about being a student that makes them inherently better at communicating what they see.

When it comes down to the role of the coach it is a matter of knowing what the driver needs to know at a given time and knowing the best way to convey that information to them. If a mentor and driver have a better manner of communicating with each other it would be unwise to then put in a student who communicates less effectively, and vice-versa.

The most important thing about choosing a coach is the driver-coach relationship and their communication, therefore your choice of coach should be dependent on the driver. The wand chooses the wizard as it were.
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