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124 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || OCTOBER 2015 their coach. That is the relationship I have with coaches, we sit in the meeting room or war room as we called it and talk out where we are going and what does the commitment look like. What are we asking to do for the players for the next year so they can be champions? CM: How else can yoga help perfect an athletes sport?Sid: We talked about flexibility and it%u2019s also alignment based. When someone is more flexible, you increase your range of motion. As you structure your alignment that equates to faster from point A to point B. Then it%u2019s also the use of breath, the understanding of how breath can guide someone in practice and also refuel them in the mist of their competition.CM: What do you see in the future with yoga and athletes?Sid: I see more professional teams, colleges and even high schools creating departments that are strictly for mind development. It will not only increase their sport, it will make it safer because when the mind gets fatigued it won%u2019t leave you. It will also help athletes to come off their sport and be able to transition. A football player; unless they are taught comes off the sport and is still very aggressive because that%u2019s part of the game. So if they learn how to manage and be with that aggression then it%u2019s no longer aggression anymore, it%u2019s passion. So now as they come away from the game they have an opportunity to be the role model they were born to be.