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Performance Factors & The Difference Between Pros vs Joes
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Getting better at mountain biking is all about performance. Often in mountain bike coaching, we focus on skills as a target to improve performance. While this approach may be effective in some cases, technical skills may not be the factor holding a rider back. We call these factors the performance factors, and they impact riders differently depending on their stage of development. In this episode, we dig into these factors, how they impact ordinary joes differently from pros, and how we as coaches can use these factors to increase performance.
In the show, we discuss:
- Defining Pros vs Joes to highlight what factors impact riding other than skills
- What is performance? How do we understand this concept on bikes and in coaching?
- The relationship between performance and motivation
- The Six Performance Factors: Equipment, Environment, Psychological, Physical, Tactical, Technical
- Where do we start if we want to make an immediate change?
- What are the timelines for change?
- How do the performance factors work together?
- What really holds us back from performance?
- What does pressure to execute do to performance?
- Why so psychological factors underlie most other factors?
- Why is strength such an important component?
- How is efficiency related to performance?
- How do technical skills appear in performance?
And of course, the donut of the day!
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