Rob Fegg has coached luge athletes through five Olympic Games, including stops with Canada, South Korea, and the United States. In part one of our conversation, Rob looks back at how his own difficult exit as an athlete shaped the way he first approached coaching.

The conversation moves through the pressure of Olympic timelines, the buy-in he found in South Korea, and the coaching shift that came after. Rob explains why demanding more from athletes only works when trust has already been built.

As the conversation unfolds, it becomes clear that some of the biggest lessons Rob learned over the years had less to do with performance itself, and more to do with understanding the people he was coaching before trying to push them further.