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Coaching Resources#
How to Motivate Mentally Well Athletes
Motivating athletes on your team is an important part of coaching. And providing motivation while protecting mental wellness can be challenging, especially for coaches who were made to believe in concepts like 'no pain, no gain' and a culture of punish...
What Can Coaches Do To Reduce Resistance and Build Buy-in?
As a coach, you’re often faced with implementing strategic decisions and making tough calls. And just as often, the athletes on your team may resist those decisions or the changes that you’re trying to make. Getting buy-in from athletes isn’t always ea...
3 Easy Steps for Incorporating Physiological Testing Into Coaching
3 Easy Steps for Incorporating Physiological Testing Into CoachingIn recent years there has been an increasing interest in using the power of scientific data to achieve optimum athletic performance.“When you really look at where the sport of Triathlon ...
4 REASONS TO ADD VO2 MAX TESTING TO TRAINING
4 REASONS TO ADD VO2 MAX TESTING TO TRAINING (BESIDES MEASURING VO2 MAX)USAT-certified coach Chris Navin is quick to recommend VO2 Max testing on athletes. But for him, the testing is more valuable than the simple acquisition of a single measurement.In...
3 Common Risk Factors for Stress Fractures and How to Avoid Them
Are you finding that some of the athletes you coach are suffering from stress fractures? Perhaps you’re hearing about athletes from other sports at your school also suffering from stress fractures. If so, you’re not alone.Unfortunately, stress fracture...
The 2022 Hydrow Transformation Program in Review
The Hydrow Transformation Program was created to consider indoor rowing as a viable additional modality to triathlon training. Through a collaboration between Hydrow and USA Triathlon, we engaged three top tier USA Triathlon Certified Coaches and nine ...
Free FORM Coach Education Webinar Series
As part of our commitment at FORM to the development of Triathlon, and to the ongoing education of coaches and athletes we are offering a free three-part series hosted by USA Triathlon Level III Coach, and Coach Educator Justin Trolle. The primary foc...
Warming Up with Early Season Races
Your first race of the season shouldn’t be your goal race for the season. Not to say that you shouldn’t be prepared for it, but you should use your first race of the year as hard practice toward a later goal.How much time you need to prepare for this e...
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