A coach sitting you down is feedback at full volume. Figure out what it’s saying before you decide it’s personal.

Being benched is information delivered without words, which is exactly why it is so easy to misread. The first interpretation that arrives is usually about your worth, because that reading hurts and is therefore the loudest. Underneath it there is generally something narrower and fixable: a habit, a gap in conditioning, a decision you keep making.

Ask directly what would need to change for you to be back in. Ask calmly, once, and write down the answer. If the reason turns out to be unfair you will know that too, but you will know it from an answer rather than a guess made at your own expense.