Annette Lynch (@SpecialOlympics) is a member of the PCA National Advisory Board and Senior Manager of Coaching Excellence & Sport Education for the Special Olympics North America (SONA). Lynch has previously served as a player on the USA Women’s Basketball Team, a basketball director for Special Olympics, Inc., Vice President of Special Olympics Maryland, Director of Education and Membership Services for the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), and a coach for nearly every level of sport.

Here, Lynch imparts the five "c"s of coaches communicating with athletes who have intellectual disabilities:

• Clear (Make your words have one meaning.)
• Concise (Use few words.)
• Concrete (Ensure that conceptual information is understandable.)
• Consistent (Use the same terms to convey the same meaning every time.)
• Command (Use words that tie to a physical skill.)