Question

discouraged every time her coach corrected her form. but over time, she began to build resilience. she understood that the coach was helping her improve her performance. by the end of the season, she was much more resilient. instead of getting upset, she accepted the advice and immediately began practicing what the coach taught her. complete each sentence with the correct word or phrase. before developing resilience, hana. but once she realized her coach was helping her, her coachs correc played with incorrect form was not very athletic had difficulty taking criticism

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the context. The passage says Hana was discouraged when her coach corrected her form initially (before building resilience), meaning she struggled with accepting criticism. The other options: "played with incorrect form" – the coach correcting form doesn't imply she played with incorrect form before resilience (the focus is on her reaction to criticism); "was not very athletic" – the passage is about her reaction to coaching, not athletic ability. So the correct phrase for the first blank is "had difficulty taking criticism".

Answer:

had difficulty taking criticism