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Coaches are crucial to the future of multisport and helping athletes reach their full potential. This section is dedicated to providing you with valuable resources, tools, and educational materials to enhance your coaching skills and keep up with the latest trends in multisport training. Whether you're a veteran coach or just starting your coaching journey, we're here to support you as you inspire and guide athletes to achieve their goals. Explore the wealth of information available here and take your coaching expertise to new heights with USA Triathlon.
As a USA Triathlon Certified Coach, you are a vital part of our success in the mission to grow, inspire and support the triathlon community. USA Triathlon is dedicated to providing you unparalleled resources to ensure you are qualified, confident and successful throughout your coaching career.
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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 (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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
Draft-legal racing is a type of triathlon that is fast paced and exciting. This is the same format used in the NCAA Varsity Women’s Triathlon movement as well as the Olympics. For that very reason draft legal (DL) racing is growing in popularity for at...
5 Benefits of Coaching with Real-Time Data for Swimming Triathletes are accustomed to using data while they run and bike; through their watches, power meters, bike trainers, and bike computers. This enables them to make adjustments to their tra...
USA Triathlon sponsors and supports two competition levels of intercollegiate triathlon: NCAA and Collegiate Club. NCAA triathlon is a women's-only fall sport housed within each school's intercollegiate athletics department. There are more than 40 programs across the country, from the DIvision I to Division III level. Collegiate Club triathlon is co-ed, year-round with the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championships taking place in the spring. Teams are considered a club or student organization.
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Coaches looking to enhance their coaching portfolio and work with competitive, driven college-aged athletes should consider the following available coaching positions within collegiate triathlon.