PERFORMANCECOACHING May/June 2011


IN THIS ISSUE: COACHES CORNER


hired you as a coach; they need someone to help with their training schedules. We’ve included some great articles about how to get your very busy athletes prepared for their races with limited training time. It’s all about focusing on quality and getting the most out of each workout. Your athletes will be thankful that they can improve their racing fitness while balancing other aspects of their lives.


T We hope you enjoy the newsletter.


Linda Cleveland USAT Coach Development Manager


he focus of this issue is working with time-crunched athletes. The majority of your clients are going to have jobs, families and social lives in addition to their passion for triathlon. This is probably one of the biggest reasons they


WORKING WITH TIME- CRUNCHED ATHLETES


MeeT The USA TrIAThLon nATIonAL CoAChIng CoMMISSIon ..............page 3


nUTrITIon for The TIMe- CrUnCheD AThLeTe Joanna Berentsen ............................page 5


60 DAYS To YoUr AThLeTeS’ BeST SprInT TrIAThLon Duston Morris ................................page 8


oLYMpIC-DISTAnCe SUCCeSS In 90 DAYS Kim Dunker reistad .........................page 10


fIve MonThS To YoUr AThLeTeS’ BeST hALf IronMAn-DISTAnCe TrIAThLon Josh Wolf .........................................page 12


AppLYIng The fITT prInCIpLe Mark Kotarski ..................................page 14


CoAChIng eDUCATIon UpDATe ......page 16


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