Wave1 Performance

The Wave1 Performance Podcast is here! This initial episode interviews Cliff English , Head Coach of Arizona State University. Cliff is a 7x National Championship Coach at ASU, 4x Olympic Team Coach, has coached multiple national team members from 2000 to present. He also has coached dozens of elite, U23, and Junior National Championship wins and podiums alongside coaching over 250+ wins in the non-draft circuit. Cliff covers all things related to NCAA Triathlon, how to make the sport better, adversity he had to overcome that shaped his coaching career, and much more in this inaugural episode. Podcast is now available on YouTube, Apple Music, and Spotify. YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gygKcVCw All other platforms: https://lnkd.in/gP65mez7 #NCAATriathlon #Triathlon

The second part of my Holistic Coaching Style is a BODY FIRST approach. This means the individual athlete’s feedback plays an extremely important role in adjusting the previously written plan and that trust has to be established by both the athlete and coach together to know when to dial things back to avoid risking injury, sickness, long term fatigue, etc. The days of “just push through because I said so” are a thing of the past and often ego-centric. To summarize: this approach puts the ATHLETE first. #triathlon #coaching

What is Holistic Coaching? The first part of my style of coaching is a DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIP. The days of “do it because I said so” are long gone in the coaching world. This means explaining the why behind workouts, and also valuing 2-way feedback between the athlete and myself as the coach. The goal is to foster a collaborative journey between athlete and coach that supports long term development. Also, beware of “Holistic Coaches” who use it to copy others marketing style but do not actually treat the body as the priority and are constantly sending your body into fight or flight… they are not actually taking a holistic approach 😔 #triathlon #coaching #holistic

Has your swim progression stalled? Tip #1 is the 2-2 & 2 Butterfly Drill. This is a way to start adding in more Butterfly to an athletes program. Triathletes have a tendency of over focusing on freestyle while ignoring the other 3 strokes. Now, this can backfire drastically if you have never swam fly and do not know the proper technique. So having a coach who can teach you how to efficiently swim fly is incredibly important. The 2-2 & 2 Fly drill is a great way to begin fly progression, and allows the athletes to begin learning the proper technique without completely taxing the body. Adding fins to this makes it much easier to find the fly kick rhythm. #triathlon #swimming