World Triathlon

Course Language: English

Facilitator: Emma Carney (AUS) , Tony Jolly (GBR) , Vicent Beltran (ESP)

Contact: World Triathlon Development

The Athlete Development Model has been specifically designed to provide National Federations (NFs), coaches, sport directors and sport practitioners with current information about athlete selection and development as a framework. The identification of athletes with the potential to compete at the highest level and to the best of their ability in triathlon allows NFs to use the resources available properly. It also helps in the process of designing the best strategy to achieve the best results. The identification process assumes that elite athletes can be selected based on some existing characteristics. However, the multi-dimensionality of sports performance and the variability of competencies needed to be a top athlete creates an environment where the number of variables able to fit an explanatory model of future performance is enormous, and in some cases are hard to identify at the point when selections may be being made, leading to the possibility of future high performing athletes being excluded from the process too early.

This eight-part webinar series provides the necessary information to identify the success factors in the sport of triathlon. It also highlights the essential characteristics athletes need to have if they aspire to compete at the highest level of the sport.

11 JUNE Part 1: ATHLETE PROFILING - Introduction
18 JUNE Part 2: Physical Maturity
25 JUNE Part 3: Anthropometric Factors and Body
2 JULY Part 4: Physiological Attributes
9 JULY Part 5: Personal Characteristics
16 JULY Part 6: Environmental Factors
23 JULY Part 7: Physical Characteristics
30 JULY Part 8: Fundamental Movement Skills for Triathlon

The webinar can host 100 participants.

You can access our recorded webinars on the World Triathlon Education HUB: https://education.triathlon.org/mod/page/view.php?id=6249.