Choosing a coach – what matters more; qualifications, results, experience or the coach-athlete relationship? As you might expect, the answer, so often is not clean cut and usually ends up being a combination of all of the above. However, I thought it would be interesting to share my thoughts on these four factors that people use to help choose a coach and how as I coach I consider them to be important. Qualifications: I have studied for and completed a wide range of qualifica

There are five elements which I believe are at the heart of performance and each has its role to play in contributing to an athlete’s success; physiology, psychology, technical and neuro-muscular strength, tactical understanding and finally an athlete’s lifestyle. In the last blog of this short series I'll consider the area not always immediately connected with training but very important; lifestyle. Element 5 - Lifestyle For all athletes,whether age-group or elite, recogniz

There are five elements which I believe are at the heart of performance and each has its role to play in contributing to an athlete’s success; physiology, psychology, technical and neuro-muscular strength, tactical understanding and finally an athlete’s lifestyle. Over the next few blogs I’ll continue to briefly introduce my reasons for including each one of the five elements, some will of course, be obvious, whilst others might not be at the top of your list. Element 4 – Tac

Welcome to the first Endurance Sports Coaching newsletter. This will be an infrequent newsletter which shares information about what's happening at Endurance Sports Coaching, thoughts and training tips from the world of triathlon and any offers you might find beneficial from us our chosen partners. The intention is to enrich your inbox, not fill it with junk! Anyway, this newsletter includes our February training camp, gifts options for Christmas, a message from Muscuro (o

There are five elements which I believe are at the heart of performance and each has its role to play in contributing to an athlete’s success; physiology, psychology, technical and neuro-muscular strength, tactical understanding and finally an athlete’s lifestyle Over the next few blogs I’ll continue to briefly introduce my reasons for including each one of the five elements, some will of course, be obvious, whilst others might not be at the top of your list. Element 2 – Tech

There are five elements which I believe are at the heart of performance and each has its role to play in contributing to an athlete’s success; physiology, psychology, technical and neuro-muscular strength, tactical understanding and finally an athlete’s lifestyle Over the next few blogs I’ll continue to briefly introduce my reasons for including each one of the five elements, some will of course, be obvious, whilst others might not be at the top of your list. Element 2 – Psyc

There are five elements which I believe are at the heart of performance and each has its role to play in contributing to an athlete’s success: Physiology, psychology, technical and neuro-muscular strength, tactical understanding and finally an athlete’s lifestyle. Over the next five blogs I’ll briefly introduce my reasons for including each one of the five elements, some will of course, be obvious, whilst others less so. Element 1 – Physiology First up; Physiology. Why is it