Jon Norfolk - The Leverage You Can Create From An Under-Performance Is Really Strong
The Ben Ryan PodcastShow Notes
Jon Norfolk is head of coaching at one of Great Britain’s most successful Olympic programmes, British Cycling. Jon is another of our guests that has experienced competing and coaching in different cultures and environments. Having worked previously with the Australian Track Cycling Team and been head coach of the hugely successful GB Paralympic cycling programme, he was also both an International cyclist in his own right and also cycled as a tandem partner including setting a world record in the kilo at the 2008 Paralympic World Cup.
We chatted about coaching the athlete In front of you and not the programme, individualisation and performance planning, the importance of having plenty of tools available to you as a coach as well as how he measures and monitors performance. He’s really easy to chat to and a very humble guy and I start with asking what excites him.
Show Notes: British Cycling - https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/ Australian Track Cycling Team - https://www.auscycling.org.au/ Jason Queally - https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/jason-queally/69LWPBVXJblHRlPC4Y5b8F Chris Hoy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoy Craig MacLean - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_MacLean Rio Paralympics - https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016 Marginal Gains - https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains
More About Jon Norfolk: Twitter - https://twitter.com/robbieelliott3?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbie-elliott-6971383b/ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Elliott
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