The Craft of Coaching, Live Q&A: How to Build Trust with Athletes
What’s the best way to handle an athlete who has a plan of their own? Joe Friel talks about the coach-athlete dynamic and how you can use doubt to strengthen the relationship.
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The Craft of Coaching, Live Q&A: How to Avoid Coaching for Free
Good intentions can lead many coaches to give away their time for free. It’s a costly mistake that will hurt your coaching business.
The Craft of Coaching, Live Q&A: How to Grow Your Coaching Business
How many athletes should a coach take on? Many new coaches try to build their client list quickly, but it’s easy to trade effectiveness in the rush for scale.
Episode Three of The Stephen Seiler Podcast: Inside a Top European Cycling Team
Espen Aareskjold, coach of Uno-X Pro Cycling, talks with Dr. Seiler about how he develops some of the best cyclists in the world.
Riding High After USA Cycling’s Coaching Summit
Fast Talk Labs’ CEO Trevor Connor reports from USAC’s coaching conference.
Profiles in Coaching: Percy Cerutty
A rigorous, holistic approach to mental and physical training steeped in high-intensity sessions and hill running at a beachfront property would likely appeal to today’s athlete. This Australian running coach was ahead of his time.
What Is a Biopsychosocial Approach to Coaching?
We are products of our social, mental, and biological processes, but what does this mean for coaches and athletes? Andy Kirkland explains how to adjust training for better results.
How Do You Succeed at Kona?
Heat, humidity, wind, pacing—we take a look at some of the factors that affect success at the Ironman World Championship in Kona.
7 // The Versatile Coach: How to Adapt Training to the Individual Athlete
Every athlete is a study of one, presenting different limitations and strengths. The best coaches are able to identify these differences and adapt their style and strategy to meet the unique needs of every athlete.
Modern Profiles in the Craft of Coaching: Jack Daniels
He’s coached some of the biggest names in distance running and underpinning a large amount of his success was his capability to be versatile.
Lessons from the Lab
The lab simplifies the path forward for the athlete, showing how the body is responding to training and taking us back to the basics.
What It Takes to Succeed
To achieve a top performance an athlete must be both physically and mentally prepared. It’s the mental piece that can be the toughest to coach.
Athlete Ability Doesn’t Change the Coaching Process
Whether it’s the last person to cross the finish line or the ones standing on the podium, Coach Joe LoPresto believes all athletes are more alike than different.
Which Goes Further—Talent or Motivation—and What Does This Mean for Your Coaching Style?
Every coach wants to work with athletes who possess both talent and motivation in spades. In reality, your clients are probably lacking in one or the other. Consider how your coaching style might be suited to a particular athlete type, and whether your client list reflects this.
Coaching Different Personalities
How does an athlete’s personality affect how you write their training plans and give feedback? It can be far more varied than you might realize.
What Drives or Limits Performance?
As a coach, you are in the business of addressing the weaknesses that stand in the way of the athlete’s goal. Because every athlete is unique, no two plans should ever be the same.
Introducing The Craft of Coaching Module 7: The Versatile Coach
Learn from Joe Friel and a handful of master coaches on how to become a more versatile coach, adapting training to the needs of each athlete you work with—from novice to elite.
Polarized Training Science vs. Practice
Scientists have worked closely with athletes and coaches to define the polarized model and explain how it works. Who leads the way? Dr. Seiler talks about the scientific process playing out in valuable ways in both research and the real world.