USA Cycling and Fast Talk Laboratories have announced a new cycling coach development and education partnership.
Through this tie-up, all active USA Cycling licensed coaches get free access to Fast Talk Laboratories and its growing knowledgebase. This includes… ‘hundreds of how-to guides, articles, videos, and podcast episodes on training, coaching, sports nutrition, physiology, recovery, and sport psychology.’
Featured in this library is ‘The Craft of Coaching with Joe Friel’, an all-new online learning experience from the recognized cycling and triathlon coach. In his new resource, Friel lays out ‘the ultimate guide to becoming a better, more successful, and happier coach.’
Drawing from his 40-year career, Friel shares the lessons he learned about athlete performance, the athlete-coach relationship, mastering the business side, and how to make coaching more rewarding.
Fast Talk Labs will host exclusive USA Cycling educational content, events, and video highlights from quarterly coaching summits. USA Cycling coaches gain access to networking events with experienced coaches, small group Q&A sessions with Joe Friel and other experts, and a coaches-only online forum.
By this summer, coaches can earn USA Cycling recognized CEUs by completing Fast Talk Labs Pathways, a growing monthly series of deep explorations of specific endurance sports topics like interval training, performance data analysis, and sports nutrition.
“It has been a dream of mine to do more to help develop USA Cycling coaches,” said Jim Miller, Chief of Sport Performance for USA Cycling. “I expect this partnership with Fast Talk Laboratories to have a dramatic impact on the effectiveness of cycling coaching in America.
“As Joe Friel says in The Craft of Coaching, the success of the coach depends on the success of the athlete. Fast Talk Labs offers all active USA Cycling licensed coaches a free resource to gain knowledge and tap experts who can help them offer more value to their athletes.”
USA Cycling’s Jim Miller and Trevor Connor, CEO of Fast Talk Laboratories, introduced the new partnership to coaches during the USA Cycling Coaches Summit on February 4th.
Connor said, “I know how hard it is to be a personal cycling coach, especially when you’re just getting started. Our partnership with USA Cycling will give coaches the support and the increased value they need to find more success.”
Joe Friel said “I’m excited about this project because it’s exactly what I needed when I got my start in coaching. Coaching has come a very long way since then, and we’ve all learned some valuable lessons along the way. The Craft of Coaching series brings all that to you so you can experience a more rewarding and fulfilling career.”
www.usacycling.org/coaches
www.fasttalklabs.com
