Wave1 Performance

“The Process in Racing” From episode #1 of The Wave1 Performance Podcast featuring Cliff English. Full podcast: https://lnkd.in/gP65mez7 #NCAATriathlon #NCAATri #Triathlon

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 Women’s 800m Freestyle was Incredible! So entertaining to watch Ledecky, Titmus, Madden, and others compete in this event. Coach JT Rodgers made a video breaking down their swim form in the race and analyzing their strokes on our YouTube page. Check it out to learn from the best: https://lnkd.in/gP9DJQca #Olympics #Swimming

Podcast Coming this FALL! The Wave1 Performance Podcast is going to be dropping bi-weekly episodes on our YouTube page talking all things related to NCAA Triathlon. We had a lot of people ask for this, and it’s our goal to use this to build up and help explain all levels of this incredible sport. Topics covered will include: athlete & coaches stories, rankings, predictions, news updates, what’s going on behind the scenes, guest appearances, mental health, and much more. #NCAATriathlon #Podcast #Wave1Performance #Triathlon

What causes burnout? Many things play a factor but not feeling valued is up there at the top of the list. I’ve specialized in helping athletes fall back in love with the sport while finding ways to prevent burnout from previous coaches or situations. It’s incredible how much truly believing in them someone helps with burnout. Yes, unrealistic goals, training indoors excessively, and micro managing often cause burnout as well. But helping each athlete feel valued, that’s a game changer. #burnout #triathlon #coaching

Honored to be featured in That Triathlon Life’s (TTL) recent article discussing the super sprint format. They are one of the biggest and coolest triathlon brands on the planet. Link: https://lnkd.in/gM9rhJgg

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

Does Coaching the Person (individual) matter? Obviously, certain training foundations are very important. But in addition to those, once you learn to coach people as individuals, they almost always make progress. This is especially important when guiding the individuas through life’s peaks and valleys, on and off the course. This is the 🔑 that so many (“only”) data driven coaches miss out on. It’s not “either or” but “both”. Triathlon, a sport rooted in individualism, thrives when you tailor guidance to the unique character of each person beyond the basic training foundations. Therefore, adapting the individualist coaching model is a necessity. It truly is my favorite part of coaching. #Triathlon #NCAATriathlon #TriathlonCoaching #Coaching