Mental Coach Jegal Episode 9 sees the growing relationship between Jegal Gil and Park Seung Ha as they help young athletes.
Mental Coach Jegal is an ongoing sports drama that explores the life of a national athlete who quits sports and starts focusing on helping other athletes with their mental health issues. It features Jung Woo, who plays the titular role of Jegal Gil.
The K-drama also stars Squid Game star Lee Yoo Mi alongside Park Se Young, Kwon Yool, and Moon Yoo Kang.
Here's what happened in Mental Coach Jegal Episode 9.
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Mental Coach Jegal Episode 9 Recap
Mental Coach Jegal episode 9 starts with Goo Tae Man drinking after Oh Yeon Ji's phone call before committing suicide emerges. The reports revealed how the Sports Human Rights Center knew about it but did nothing.
Park Seung Ha planned a psychotherapy trip and invited Cha Ga Eul. As Lee Moon Kyeol hires Jegal Gil as his personal mental coach, he joins them and the archery team's training camp.
The Olympic team then start a conference to decide Oh Dal Sung's future as the coach. They are divided as the Winter Olympics is around the corner, but the committee members also want Goo Tae Man to step down as the head of the Human Rights Center because of the trouble he caused.
He then announces his resignation and suggests hiring a new coach. It turns out that he is communicating with assemblyman Park Seung Tae.
Amid Dr. Park Seung Ha's arranged trip, Jegal Gil, the mental coach, notices Shin Ye Ji, the ace of the archery team, as she suffers target panic. Song Ji Man says it is normal, but the mental health coaches know something is wrong.
Park Seung Ha focuses on Cha Ga Eul instead, as she still resists, while Jegal Gil starts training Lee Moo Kyeol to cure his anxiety.
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To help the students, Jegal Gil takes the athletes to a special lecture. He also learns that Shin Ye Ji's father gets into an accident a day before her competition and eventually dies. The mental coach brings the No Medal Club to perform in front of the athletes to help them relax a bit.
Park Seung Ha, on the other hand, helps Jegal Gil as he keeps on dreaming about losing someone.
Lee Moo Kyeol is about to confess to Cha Ga Eul and ask her to start over again, but Jegal Gil reappears.
After the psychotherapy trip, Shin Ye Ji and Lee Moo Kyeol both improve and start to embrace the imperfection in their lives. Lee Moo Kyeol then finally gets into the water again to save Cha Ga Eul after she falls into the sea.
With that, Song Ji Man says love is the best cure for slumps.
Mental Coach Jegal Episode 10 Release Date and Time
Mental Coach Jegal episode 10 will be released on October 12 at 08:30 PM KST.
Here's a glance at Mental Coach Jegal episode 10's release date and time in other regions if no interruptions or changes in schedule will occur:
Central Time: 8:30 AM (October 12)
Greenwich Mean Time: 02:30 PM (October 12)
Eastern Time: 9:30 AM (October 12)
Pacific Time: 6:30 AM (October 12)
Philippine Time: 9:30 PM (October 12)
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