Developing the future stars of triathlon with coach Joachim Willén | EP#266

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Joachim Willén is a triathlon coach, and former professional triathlete and Olympian from Sweden. He is the head coach of the high school triathlon program Motala Rikstriathlongymnasium, which has the objective of developing the up and coming top talents of Swedish triathlon. Previous graduates of the program also includes Vasco Vilaça (still coached by Joachim), who took second in the ITU Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg 2020 (sprint distance). IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -Joachim's training and coaching principles -Coaching young athletes and long-term athlete development -Training in a squad environment -A typical training week of his high school triathletes -Tips for swim, bike, and run training -Developing mental strength -Advice for age-group triathletes SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts266/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast SPONSORS: Precision Hydration - One-size doesn't fit all when it comes to hydration. Take Precision Hydration's FREE sweat test and learn how you should hydrate. Use the discount code THATTRIATHLONSHOW15 to get 15% off your order OR use the code THATTRIATHLONSHOW and get your first box for free. ROKA - The finest triathlon wetsuits, apparel, equipment, and eyewear on the planet. Trusted by Javier Gómez, Gwen Jorgensen, Flora Duffy, Mario Mola, Lucy Charles and others. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Joachim's Instagram and Twitter profiles Motala Rikstriathlongymnasium RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show, 266.
0:05.1	Hey, what's up, everybody?
0:19.6	Welcome back to another episode of that triathlon show, the podcast
0:23.6	presented by ScientificTraflon.com.
0:27.2	I'm our host Michael, and first of all, I hope that you've had a really, really wonderful
0:31.2	Christmas.
0:33.0	On today's episode, I interview Joachim Villene, who is a triathlon coach from Sweden.
0:39.0	He's himself a former professional triathlete and Olympian, and he's the head coach of the high
0:44.7	school triathlon program Motala riks triathlon gymnasium, which has the objective of developing
0:50.7	the up-and-coming top talents of Swedish triathlon.
0:58.8	But previous graduates of the program also includes in its Hall of Fame, so to say,
1:02.5	somebody like Vasco Vilasa, who is still coached by Joachim,
1:08.4	and who took a surprise, very impressive second place in the ITU Triathlon World Championships in Hamburg in 2020, just behind Vincent Louis, who won
1:12.9	the world championships. So in this episode, we discuss things like long-term athlete developing,
1:20.0	coaching young athletes and the basics of triathlon performance, how to build it from the ground
1:26.6	up, which you have to do when you're
1:28.3	starting with young athletes. And what it takes to get to the top level, because obviously
1:33.4	the ultimate goal would be for these athletes to go on and become elite professional
1:38.5	triathletes and typically on the draft legal Olympic pathway. And although a lot of the episode is about developing young athletes
1:47.6	and Traflon on the elite pathway, the Olympic pathway,
1:52.7	we do get into advice for age groupers
1:55.1	and also some training philosophy, training methodology
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