Over the last twelve years, I have raced on the Canadian National Team for Olympic distance triathlon, participated in international triathlon events, world cup triathlon events, world championship triathlon events, been named to Commonwealth Games Triathlon team and earned the Male Off-road triathlete title. I am now privileged to be the head coach and founder of a high performance youth triathlon team, Kelly’s Kids Triathlon/KKT!
There are two over-arching goals of KKT:
• To create and sustain a youth triathlon program that will have a direct impact on Canadian triathletes obtaining podium finishes at international racing events and;
• To facilitate a program founded on three levels of respect: self-respect, respect for high performance sport, and respect for competition.
I believe these goals are achieved through the reinforcement of athletes’ strengths, identification and attention to areas of weakness and instruction of proper techniques. I believe both physical and mental training are critical to the development of high performance athletes. Further, I believe in teaching youth to develop a tool kit from which techniques, skills and experience are able to emerge. And finally, I believe in emphasizing a sport for life approach to training and racing.
With this toolkit of physical and mental skills, I believe youth today will be the champions of tomorrow. As my athletes grow and develop, they are equipped with knowledge, confidence and the ability to push the level of triathlon further, achieving global awareness and dominance.
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