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## Segment 8 — execution

## Article 77 — a077

# Ricard Pruna

**Ricard Pruna** is a practitioner and researcher with a background in elite-sport medicine and performance, and a co-author of the **11-elite-coach study** on high-stakes decision-making cited in this source. His work is consistent with the study's focus on high-stakes coaching decisions and the emotional/social dynamics of elite performance environments.

**Role in this source:** co-author of the decision-making thread.

**Attributed contributions in this vault:**
- Co-authored [[framework-tough-calls]]
- Established [[concept-manufactured-instinct]] / [[contrarian-instinct-is-preparation]]
- Co-source of [[quote-instinct-is-preparation]] and [[quote-what-matters-right-now]]

*Provenance note:* attribution is shared with [[entity-alan-mccall]], [[entity-adrian-wolfberg]], and [[entity-johann-bilsborough]]; the joint study is plausible but not verified against a single canonical public paper.