admitting to a coach you made a mistake

[Berkut]

Originally Posted by Mregor

I don't like this at all. The part about missing it on purpose is baiting him. Do you really want him to answer that question?

I've heard this before, and I am not sure what it means - "baiting him".

Is there something I can say that if he responds inappropriately to then his response is no longer owned by him, but by me? I am not sure I accept this suggestion that something *I* say somehow forces another adult to say something he should not, and therefore it is no longer his fault, but mine.