Spanish website TriatlonChannel.com join us for four days of our recent squad camp in Lanzarote, check out the video of the camp here and direct Youtube link
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Loved this discussion with Mario and Sebastian of sisu-training.de on training planning, communication in daily coaching, AI in coaching and whether coaches can be replaced, algorithms, gadgets, bad data and finding simplicity in the process, plus many other topics - Listen here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Ybohjspe1yLZc6p68vFlA?si=h1WF_ymeRqmv7-T8-KpFEg
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“He really understands me as a person”
Another quality that Filliol brings to the table according to Zaferes is his knowledge of her as a person, not just as an athlete. This, she says, is one of the most reassuring aspects of their relationship.
“Just to have him knowing what I need and supporting me, he really understands me as a person and knows how to help me under all the different conditions [in the sport].”
When times are tough, the American can rest assured that not only does she have one of the most knowledgeable people in the sport on hand, but that it is also someone who is cognizant of her thoughts and feelings. ”
Read the full article on Tri247.com and watch the video interview with Katie Zaferes here on youtube
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Joel Filliol Opens Up On His Storied Career And Reflects On The Challenges Facing Triathlon
Filliol, whose squad boasts 4 Super League Series winners, also reflects on:
The challenges of working with federations
How he connects with his athletes
The pressure athletes face in such a competitive environment
What the future of the sport may look like
The barriers athletes face when choosing their races
The emotional toll of being a coach, mentor and confidant of so many athletes for so many years
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Joel joined Mark Livesey on The Brick Session podcast for a lively discussion on the importance of objective feedback, direct connection with the coach, having a fully committed athlete, and so much more. Even some Kona predictions in advance of the weekend World Championships.
This was the third in a series of podcasts done in the last months - with an episode of That Triathlon Show, and the Training Science Podcast. Next up is the return of the Real Coaching Podcast.
Listen Here:
It was finally great to catch up with coaching royalty @joelfilliol today. Another one of those conversations that could have lasted all day. We discuss the importance of objective feedback, direct connection with the coach, having a fully committed athlete, and so much more. pic.twitter.com/HGt2DquCKt
— The Brick Session (@thebricksession) October 12, 2023
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I really enjoyed this discussion on a range topics including opportunity cost of innovations, making decisions, and filtering what might help vs what we can implement to a high standard, my process for investigating technology and wearables and much more:
The Overlooked Core Aspects of Successful Triathlon Systems – With Joel Filliol
Show Highlights:
The Overlooked Core Aspects of Successful Triathlon Systems - With Joel Filliol
OCT 06, 2023 SEASON 1 EPISODE 82
Paul Laursen & Martin Buchheit
WHAT matters the most for THE NEXT training session 🚀? Is it ALWAYS necessarily the OUTPUT? Or maybe YOU should talk directly with your ATHLETE about it?
Joel Filliol wants you to understand that you need to have a BACK and FORTH with your athletes often to figure out between you WHAT is going to make a DIFFERENCE 🤔 - and HOW!
In the 82nd episode of The Training Science Podcast, Paul and Joel discuss:
💻 the resurgence of OLD tech & rather well known sport science methods in triathlon;
💡 implementing SUSTAINABLE tech & processes that are EFFECTIVE at monitoring the FUNDAMENTALS;
💭 how sports federations/associations might need to RETHINK their processes.
Listen here https://hiitscience.com/the-overlooked-core-aspects-of-successful-triathlon-systems-with-joel-filliol/
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Brand new for 2024 - Join Joel’s Next Level Training Camps, open to all, in a fantastic French Chateaux setting, for a productive week based on the same principles that underpin the JFTcrew elite squad - Find out more
What’s included: Accomodation and meals at the beautiful 19th Century Chateau, all training facilities on site for an efficient camp, maximising our time together, individual and group training coached by Joel and hand picked coaches, opportunity for discussion, analysis and planning to extend beyond the week long camp to add value to the coming preparation and competition goals. - Visit Group Evolution to find out more
Camp Dates:
5th-11th April 2024 - JFT Team Coaching
25th April - 1st May 2024 - Hosted by Joel
8th-14th May 2024 - JFT Team Coaching
16th-22nd May 2024 - JFT Team Coaching
3rd - 9th June 2024 - Hosted by Joel
25th June - 1st July 2024 - JFT Team Coaching
Visit Group Evolution to sign up: https://groupevolution.com/sports-info/the-next-level/
15% early bird discount on all 2024 retreats until December. Use Code ‘EBD2024’.
“JOEL FILLIOL’S THE NEXT LEVEL
EXPERT TRIATHLON TRAINING FOR ALL
One of the world’s leading elite triathlon coaches, Joel Filliol, has partnered with Group Evolution to deliver a program of high quality triathlon training camps for all. You can choose to attend one of the camps hosted by Joel in person or one of the camps hosted by coaches personally selected by Joel, due to their common coaching philosophy.
The weekly program is designed not only to provide a training stimulus, but also to educate, inform and guide you on how best to realise your potential and take the next steps along your triathlon journey, whatever they may be. Focussed assessment will be conducted alongside purposeful training sessions with clear objectives and lessons to take into your training once back at home. Individual, small group and group training will be tailored to your needs and personal objectives.
The program will be delivered by leading professional coaches and sports scientists, with everything included -food, drink and accommodation. There will be plenty of time to relax in the company of like-minded individuals at our stunning 19th Century Chateau.”
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“No data is better is than bad data” I enjoyed this chat with Mikael of Scientific Triathlon - my second time on the podcast (first episode is here “World Champions Keeping things simple”
We discussed a range of timely topics including signal vs noise in technology and science, tapering and preparing for major events, the evolution of triathlon and more: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts409/
In this episode you'll learn about:
How has triathlon and the demands of the sport developed in the last few years?
The impact of the Olympics and the phase of the Olympic cycle on training and racing planning and periodisation
Learnings and discussion points from the Paris Test Event
Being consistently good, not over-emphasising peaking
Tapering protocols
Technology and science - what's the signal and what's the noise
The importance of psychology
Tips for age-group athletes on how to improve their swim, bike and run training
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Tri247 article on Joel’s move back to the #JFTcrew elite squad and personal coaching:
““Australia had a hard time in Tokyo and from that just entered a cycle of change. Over time, all the people who had brought me in were changed over and ultimately I was put in a position where I wasn’t doing a) what I wanted to be doing and b) what I was brought over for.”
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TRi247 article with reflections post the Paris Olympic Test Event:
“The hardest part of coaching is dealing with what happened and what didn’t happen during the process of racing. It comes back to what did we learn and trying to apply it. Sometimes it’s something we are doing on the inside and sometimes it’s something that happened in the race that isn’t that obvious, but we always come back to the process to move forward to the next event.”
“We are fortunate that there are a lot of goals, so we move on to the next one, but we do try to understand what went wrong in the performance, ask is there an explanation and then come back to their process and refocus on what needs to be done next.”
Read more at Tri247.com
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Joel joined Tim and James on the MX Endurance Podcast for a wide ranging discussion including ITU/World Triathlon athletes racing Ironman and long distance, on Super League and PTO races, Tokyo Olympics, planning challenges, opportunity costs, and more:
https://www.mxendurance.com/podcast/episodes/136-joel-filliol
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Joel joined Grant Giles and Mark Turner on their podcast The Coaching Cartel for a wide ranging chat on coaching topics from establishing relationships with athletes, the collaborative model of coaching, communication, commitment, developing athletes, coach development, manage ego in training environments, the daily coaching process, and much more.
Part 1 of The Coaching Cartel podcast with Joel Filliol
Part 2 of The Coaching Cartel podcast with Joel Filliol
Mark and Giles have had a number of excellent discussions on their podcast relevant to coaches in triathlon or any sport, be sure to check out their back catalogue of episodes.
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Photo by Tommy Zaferes
Triathlon Australia (TA) is today delighted to announce the appointment of Joel Filliol as the TA Podium Centre Head Coach.
Aligning with TA High Performance strategy, Filliol will be entrusted with leading TA’s pre-eminent training environment with a focus on working with athletes capable of podium performances at major international events.
“I’ve been working closely with Australian athletes and staff over the last few years, and have been fortunate to support some very strong international performances through these partnerships,
When the possibility arose to expand this relationship through the Podium Centre Head Coach role, I knew the quality of the people involved, the vision and ambition of Triathlon Australia, and that this was the right time, and the right opportunity for me to make a long-term contribution to the success of Australian athletes on the world’s stage.”
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Tokyo Olympic Test Event 2019
At the conclusion of my role as Olympic Performance Director of the Federazione Italiana Triathlon, I wanted to share a few reflections of the past four years since I took up the role in 2017. Like for many working in Olympic sport, my role was aligned to the four year Olympic cycle. As my contract came to a conclusion, with deep reflection during the pandemic, and the postponement of Tokyo 2020 Games, I evaluated my coaching looking forward with an open mind, without being held back by constraints and arbitrary time frames, as I have done a number of other times during my career over the past 20 years. I considered my personal values, that I am driven by the people, relationships and environment where I chose to work, and have high standards for where I put my time and energy. It was clear a new direction and fresh challenge was the right step for me and my family to move forward with renewed energy.
The Italian National Team and Olympic Program has made the challenging first steps to creating the conditions to reach the potential of the Italian athletes, coaches and staff involved. The change process is never easy and raising the standards and expectations of performance has meant that some could join this step forward and some could not, however this is a natural part of high performance. These changes were supported not only through increasing performance standards, but allowing the athletes and coaches the space to grow and take ownership of their careers, and of their own processes and choices. In addition investments were made in new staff and health support, and the establishment of a model of working based on providing support connected to the objective performances achieved, while also investing for the future in daily environments where the next performances will be developed.
At the beginning of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, it was clear FITRI needed to make significant changes in order to achieve performances commensurate with the investments made into its programs. While resistance was faced to change the way FITRI operated from the long held deeply entrenched status-quo, the performances achieved by the Italian Team in the lead up to the Tokyo Olympic Games speak for themselves. With the Italian women ranked as the 3rd country in the Olympic Ranking list as of December 2020, one of only three countries with a full quota of 3 women, behind only Great Britain and the USA, a podium performance at the individual Olympic Test event and a 4th place in the Olympic Test Event Mixed Team Relay, followed by three women in the top 11 of the 2019 Grand Final in Lausanne, and many other performance highlights including both Junior and U23 World Championship Medallists.
While there is much work to continue to do on the path towards the Italian Team achieving its ultimate sporting potential both on the field of play and off, great strides have been made in these four years, with the groundwork for the attitude changes, process changes, and background way of working to support Italian athletes achieving the highest levels on the World and Olympic stages. The opportunity is now to keep moving forward towards higher standards, higher expectations and being better every day in every part of the organisation must be taken at this critical juncture, before the eventual Tokyo 2021 and into the Paris 2024 Olympic Cycle.
While it was time for me personally to make a change at the end of this 4 year cycle, I am fully confident that Alessandro Bottoni possesses all the qualities to continue the project we started together towards Tokyo 2021 and beyond. Over these years I have shared the process and philosophy with Alessandro at every step, and I know he will find the best solutions to support the athletes to great performances. President Luigi Bianchi, along with Alessandro had the courage to initiate such a significant change and new approach for the Italian Team and we have seen very positive steps, and everything that is required to keep moving forward is within Alessandro and all the staff involved to create a strong future for Italian Triathlon. I want to thank President Luigi Bianchi, Secretary General Ivan Braido, and Manager of the Area Tecnica Gabriella Lorenzi, and all the staff for the unwavering support during my time with FITRI and I wish all the most success for the future in 2021 and beyond.
Grazie millie, e in bocca al lupo a tutti!
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Video by Super League Triathlon from our camp in August 2020
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Vincent Luis winner of Valencia WC, Jelle Geens 3rd Place Photo by Tommy Zaferes / ITU Media
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