Coaching is hard! A good coach must manage challenging athletes, build a business, grow his or her knowledge, stay on top of new software—in many ways, being a cycling, triathlon, or running coach today is harder than ever before. At the same time, it’s easy to find advice online—though it’s hard to know how good that information is.
At Fast Talk Labs, you can be certain you’re getting beneficial advice from our in-house coaches, who have over 40 years of experience in personal coaching, group coaching, and online coaching.
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Trevor Connor has over 20 years of experience in bike racing and coaching. His love of cycling led him to work in national performance centers, collegiate cycling, team management, and to write for a major cycling magazine. He has a master’s in exercise bioenergetics and nutrition.
Dean Golich is Performance Director at Red Bull and Chief of R&D for the Brooklyn Nets. He also serves on the Sports Advisory Council for the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, a multidisciplinary venture that leverages science and expertise to implement meaningful changes for all people.
Joe Friel outlines his method for analyzing sport-specific movement patterns. After establishing a hierarchy to the movements, he teaches athletes each subcomponent until mastery is achieved.
Joe Friel explains his five steps for teaching sport-specific skills to an athlete.
Over my career, I learned how to teach triathletes to improve their swimming. I found that this method results in a significantly greater improvement in a shorter amount of time.
Joe Friel presents the themes of his new online learning experience, The Craft of Coaching, during the 2022 USA Cycling Coaching Summit.
Jim Miller and Trevor Connor announce a new coaching development and education partnership during the 2022 USA Cycling Coaching Summit.
Watch USA Cycling Chief of Sport Performance Jim Miller’s 13-minute presentation on The State of USA Cycling Coaching Development and Education during the 2022 USA Cycling Coaching Summit.
Watch recordings of the 2022 USA Cycling Coaching Summit featuring Brendan Quirk, Jim Miller, Trevor Connor, and Joe Friel.
Legendary coach and endurance sports author Joe Friel sits down with us to discuss the history of coaching and his role in that history, from being one of the first freelance coaches to publishing his ground-breaking book The Cyclist’s Training Bible.
Joe Friel highlights the 10 most important aspects to becoming a happy coach.
With perspective from over 40 years of coaching experience, Joe Friel shares his detailed list of qualities that make a good coach.
You’ve heard of Roger Bannister, but do you know who coached him? Joe Friel profiles the legendary and successful Franz Stampfl.
Joe Friel details the attributes and skills it takes to be a successful coach—and produce successful athletes.
Joe Friel introduces the eight skill sets and knowledge bases he believes are critical for becoming an effective coach.
Joe Friel explains why people skills are the most important talent required to become an effective and successful coach, and how to improve them.
Joe Friel details the ways in which coaches can identify strengths and weaknesses in movement patterns, motivation, and training execution.
Joe Friel explores the development of annual training plans, short-term plans, and matters beyond sport-specific workouts.