DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD & SILVER <0.10 s

FASTEST FROM A-B WINSHIGHLY QUANTIFIABLE

HEAD COACH

BIOMECHANIST NUTRITIONIST PHYSIOLOGIST PERFORMANCE ANALYST

S & C COACH MEDICAL TEAM

ASSISTANT COACH

Instrumentation and bespoke software enables us to understand, profile and monitor our athlete’s performance capabilities

Performance profiling – WITTW – training and competition targets

Man 1 = 17.0 s

1st ½ = 10.4 s + 2nd ½ = 6.60 s

Power to Mass Ratio

Man 2 = 12.3 s

1st ½ = 6.1 s + 2nd ½ = 6.2 s

Seated Power to Drag

Acceleration Top Speed / Maintenance

Av Lap speed 52.53 Km.h-1 Av Lap Speed 73.2 Km.h-1

Critical Success Factors↑ Standing Start PPO / Optimise body mass ↑ seated power output & positional discipline

Training Targets

Start peak power output ?Power output ?Power output to mass ratio ?Fatigue rate ?Power at peak speed ?EST 1RM Squat ? Body mass ?

Race Targets

Lap average power ?F200 ?

Breakdown

Lap Time

Speed

Main Determinant

PLAN TRAINING – MONITOR - REVIEW

PROJECT WORK ALIGNED TO WITTW

Tried and tested, measured in the field to validate protocol and importantly

enhance adherence/athlete and coach buy in.

Enhance our understanding

of WITTW in our events

using available technology and

research

Continually refine the

WITTW models and align our

work programmes accordingly

Evidence-based training

prescription and intervention (not forgetting ‘power of placebo’ and

‘art of coaching’)

Continual measurement and

review (measurement in the

field can enhance athlete buy-in and is

more ecologically valid)

PROCESS OF WORKING:

OUR CHALLENGES:

• Communication across the support team and riders

• Integration of new equipment, technology or interventions into the programme –instrumentation, software, tools, methods

• Data interpretation

• Managing data – large and small data sets

• Not getting left behind – being adaptable and reactive in a sport with a strong culture

THANK YOU,

ANY

QUESTIONS?