The Coach's Guide to Club Creation and the Benefits of Becoming a Race Director
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Coaches News & Highlights#
Finding The Right Coach
WITH SOME CAREFUL THOUGHT, A REWARDING ATHLETE COACH RELATIONSHIP CAN BE YOURS THIS YEAR.With the arrival of a new year, you may be considering using all that holiday money from Grandma to gift yourself a triathlon coach. But how exactly does a person ...
Coaching Cyclists: Understanding Cadence and Performance
Coaches frequently discuss cycling power and cadence with their athletes, but these terms are sometimes misunderstood. Power is relatively straightforward to measure as it remains independent of external variables like heat, wind, and heart rate. This ...
Maintaining Your Coaching Certification: A Critical Guide for USA Triathlon Coaches
As amateur and professional coaches, maintaining an active certification status is not just a requirement, it's a fundamental responsibility that protects both you and your athletes. This guide will help you understand the key components of staying in ...
Why Athletes Make Great Coaches: A Triathlete's Perspective on Taking the Leap
It has been a long time since I made the transition from Triathlete to full time coach. However, when I think of my pathway to this point and all it has given me, I often wonder why more triathletes don’t consider becoming coaches. After years of both ...
New 2025 Coaching Education and Certification Structure
Based on 2024 value proposition workshops, extensive feedback from the National Coaching Commission, USA Triathlon Staff, and numerous coaches at all levels and coupled with the guiding ideas outlined below, USA Triathlon we will be implementing change...
Resolution Revolution
How’s that New Year’s resolution working for you? People are still going on about detox this and purge that, but even that’s slowing down a bit. Social media posts expressing out of reach, aspirational “life purpose” quests that make our day to day wor...
USA Triathlon Announces the 2023 Coaches and Race Director of the Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon announced today the 2023 USA Triathlon Coaches and Race Director of the Year, presented by the U.S. Air Force Special Warfare. The awards for Coaches of the Year focus on the most influential multisport coaches i...
Market Your Event in the Youth Summer Guide
USA Triathlon is passionate about growing the next generation of triathletes and supporting the coaches, clubs and race directors who make triathlon more accessible to our young athletes. This summer, we are launching our Youth Summer Guide, designed t...
What You Can Expect by Attending Endurance Exchange
In a new regionalized format, USA Triathlon’s Endurance Exchange has picked several U.S. cities to host USA Triathlon Coaches, Race Directors, athletes and more.More than just a conference, Endurance Exchange connects athletes with coaches, race direct...
