2021 Global Coaches Day Profile: Joe Schoeman and Shanae Williams

by courtney.akrigg@triathlon.org on 25 Sep, 2021 12:25 • Español

There are millions of coaches around the world, most of them working on a voluntary basis and all of them having a big impact on our lives and societies. As part of European Week of Sport 2021, 'Global Coaches Day' has been marked for Saturday, 25 September and World Triathlon are profiling various coaches and acknowledging all coaches, around the world, for their incredible and ongoing contribution to Triathlon and Para Triathlon. High performance coach Joe Schoeman reflects on the different approaches to coaching men and women on the elite circuit and Shanae Williams shares her view on being coached by the father of Olympic medallist Henri Schoeman.

There are millions of coaches around the world, some of them working on a voluntary basis and all of them having a big impact on our lives and societies. As part of European Week of Sport 2021, ‘Global Coaches Day’ has been marked for Saturday, 25 September and World Triathlon are profiling various coaches and acknowledging all coaches, around the world, for their incredible and ongoing contribution to Triathlon and Para Triathlon.

In this video interview, high performance coach Joe Schoeman (RSA) reflects on the coaching men and women on the elite circuit and elite athlete Shanae Williams (RSA) shares what it’s like to be coached by the father of Olympic medallist Henri Schoeman.