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Training Metrics
Joe Friel provides an overview of the key training metrics that help coaches quantify training load and plan for performance.

Balancing the Athlete’s Training Load
Joe Friel explains the data that helps coaches plan training for their athletes, measuring workload while also factoring in recovery.

Troubleshooting Performance Plateaus
Joe Friel addresses the problems that athletes most commonly face en route to their goals: training plateaus, inconsistent training or lack of motivation, inadequate sleep, and prioritizing performance at the expense of health.

Is Your Athlete Approaching Their Athletic Potential?
There's a fine line separating performance and athletic potential—and ambition can easily blur an athlete's judgment and decision-making. This case study highlights an athlete hoping to qualify to compete in triathlon's debut at the Olympic Games. It illustrates the real consequences of overtraining, the road back to racing, and how training load can be better managed to avoid the high-stakes gamble altogether.

Race-Day Readiness
In this video, Joe Friel discusses how best to bring an athlete to form by striking the right balance between fitness and fatigue. It can be a fine line—and will be different for every athlete.

Helping Athletes Learn from Failure and Disappointment
Joe Friel talks with four-time world champion triathlete turned coach Julie Dibens about how we can use failure and disappointment as an opportunity for growth.

Best Practices for Post-Race Debrief and Analysis
How you assess and analyze performance with your athletes can have a huge impact on their progress. Here's our guide to ensuring that process goes as smoothly as possible.

How to Gain Wisdom in the Aftermath of Racing
Every coach will be involved in athletic performances that fall short of expectations, leaving both the coach and the athlete dissatisfied. What is the best way to handle these situations? In the aftermath of failure and disappointment, the coach needs to gather and analyze the available evidence, thinking through exactly what led to the poor performance, and then make decisions about how to get the athlete back on track before the next competition.

Is Virtual Racing the Future? – with Ben Delaney
Road racing has been on a decline, while virtual racing has been accelerating as a legitimate type of racing. We discuss what this means for both sports.

Julie Dibens’ Top Tips for Getting Started in Coaching
The four-time triathlon world champion talks about the biggest lessons learned in her coaching career so far.

Workout of the Month: Sprints
Trevor Connor and Rob Pickels run through one of their favorite sprint workouts, and share some helpful tips and tricks.