"She was good to me overall as a graduate transfer student but she didn't really care about the team dynamics and wasn't that great to some others. However, I enjoyed my time at Duke."
"very old school mentality when it comes to coaching and the game. she plays strong favorites and only cares about bringing on her favorites and doesn't care about the people who dont play."
"not very honest and plays strong favourites. she is also quite knowledgeable about the game but it is not up to date and she needs to update her knowledge. also, she rarely actually coaches and only gets properly involved during penalty corner practices and lets ralph and jess do the rest. she also doesn't care about you as a person outside of field hockey which I guess isn't essential because she is a coach but it meant she never actually learnt about who I was or what I was dealing with outside of the field or how I react and deal with situations."
"Pam Bustin is a coach who really cares about the team culture but also about achieving our goals. She tries to make practice competitive and gives individual feedback. She cares about everyone on the team and is always open to conversation."
"Robbie Church is a great person, he knows how to recruit great women who can build a strong team together. He is not very honest though, and doesn't change his mind once he has a view of a player. "
"Coach Ogilvie is a fair track director. He is knowledgable about most of the events and has a good understanding of the kids on his team. Although he has the qualities to be a good director, he sometimes fails in areas of one on one communication and gets too caught up in the numbers game. "
"My Duke Swimming family is one of the best parts of being here at Duke, but my swimming experience has been a challenge. My head coach definitely plays favorites, is not consistent in how he treats his swimmers, and is not the most understandable when it comes to injuries and school work. If you love having close teammates, and are able to coach yourself - fully recommend DST; if you require motivation and a hands on coach - maybe look at other options."
"I have developed a great relationship with my coach and I can say I am very happy with my decision to play at Duke University and especially under Kerstin Kimel. She is one of the few very well rounded coaches with an understanding of how to develop players while also pushing them to compete (both on and off the field)."
"Ramsey is a great guy, very organized, disciplined, energetic. However, if you are not a professional tennis player and need to develop as a player/athlete look elsewhere. No technical instruction. No willingness to technically develop better strokes. Hardly any coaching during practice."
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