Problems include arguments with the coach, dissatisfaction with training regimens, family economic difficulties, and academic and employment worries.
輔導員的第一要務是，當運動員情緒上有困難的時候，盡力幫忙。這些困難可能包括：和教練爭執、心理不甚痛快；對教練安排的訓練計畫不甚滿意；家裡經濟情況有了危機；升學、就業之路被斬斷了… …。