COACHING OPTIONS
Whether you’re entering your first triathlon or have years of racing behind you, there’s always more to learn — about training, about your body and about yourself as an athlete.
Tribirdsport offers two main ways to access online triathlon coaching. Membership gives you professional training structure, evolving education and a detailed review every six weeks, while you manage your day-to-day training. 1:1 Coaching puts me alongside you as your training unfolds — guiding, questioning, teaching and adapting your training with you as we learn.
Neither option depends on how experienced or serious you are. The difference is how much involvement and individual support you want from your coach.
Choose an option below to explore which way of working might suit you.
ONGOING COACHING
Tribirdsport Membership — £65 per monthStructured training. Expert review. Ongoing learning.Explore Membership +–
Tribirdsport Membership is for athletes who want professional training structure, education and a detailed review of their training every six weeks, while managing the day-to-day decisions around their own training.
1:1 coaching isn’t the right option for everyone. You might prefer more independence, not want that level of support, or simply find that £160 a month is more than you want to spend on coaching right now.
Membership gives you another way to access professional training and coaching expertise.
I’ll select the appropriate Tribirdsport Blueprint training for your goals, experience and current ability, and put your training into TrainingPeaks in six-week blocks. Your training progresses through the appropriate phases of your season, so what you’re doing now has a purpose in where you’re trying to go.
Learn as you train
You’ll have access to the Tribirdsport Athlete Handbook and Learning Hub, where I’ve turned the knowledge and education behind my coaching into resources you can use to understand your training and make better day-to-day decisions.
And it isn’t a static library. As research and evidence develop, and my own learning and coaching experience evolve, the resources will evolve too.
At the end of every six-week block, you’ll receive a written Training Review. I’ll look across your training, feedback, consistency and relevant trends to identify what’s going well, where you’re progressing, patterns worth noticing and anything that may need attention.
I’ll then use that review, together with my coaching judgement, to select your next appropriate six-week Blueprint block.
Membership gives you:
- Tribirdsport Blueprint training selected and set up for you
- TrainingPeaks Premium
- A written Training Review every six weeks
- End-of-Season Review and next-season goal setting
- Athlete Handbook & Learning Hub
- Tribirdsport athlete community and webinars
- Support with future race choices and how they fit together
Membership isn’t real-time 1:1 coaching. You’re responsible for the day-to-day decisions around your training, using the training structure and education I’ve provided to help you make them well.
Every six weeks, I’ll step back and look at the bigger picture — using what actually happened in your training to help determine what comes next.
1:1 Triathlon Coaching — £160 per monthIndividual coaching. Ongoing learning. A coach alongside you.Explore 1:1 Coaching +–
1:1 Coaching is for athletes who want me actively involved in their training, learning and decision-making as their season unfolds.
Your training is built around your goals, experience, current ability and the life you’re actually living — not the imaginary perfect week where nothing ever goes wrong.
I’ll follow your training and feedback, looking at how you’re responding rather than simply whether you’ve completed the sessions. If something changes — your recovery, work, family life, health, confidence or simply how your body is responding — we can learn from it and adapt your training as it happens.
I’m not here to do the thinking for you
Good 1:1 coaching isn’t about telling you what to do and expecting you to follow instructions.
I’ll ask questions, explain what I’m seeing, challenge your thinking when needed and help you understand why we’re making particular decisions. You have me alongside you to learn from while developing your own knowledge, confidence and understanding of yourself as an athlete.
Every six weeks, we’ll also step back and review the bigger picture through your written Training Review, looking at your progress, patterns and anything that needs attention as we move into the next block.
You’ll also have a monthly 1:1 coaching call, giving us dedicated time to talk through what’s happening, explore what we’re learning and make decisions together about what comes next.
Learning doesn’t stop when you become experienced
You don’t have to be new to triathlon to have more to learn — and neither do I.
I’ve worked in fitness for more than 30 years and coached triathlon for more than a decade, and I’m still learning. Research develops, evidence changes and experience continually gives us new things to think about. If I ever decided I knew everything there was to know, I probably shouldn’t be coaching anymore.
As my coaching develops, I bring that learning back to my athletes. And as you become more experienced, the learning doesn’t stop either. The conversations change, the questions become different and your understanding of yourself becomes deeper.
The athlete-coach relationship keeps evolving because neither of us ever finishes learning.
1:1 Coaching includes:
- Individually structured and progressed training in TrainingPeaks
- Training adapted around your goals, ability, response and circumstances
- Ongoing review of your training and athlete feedback
- Written six-week Training Review
- Monthly 1:1 coaching call
- Direct communication with me across my working week
- Training adjustments when circumstances change
- Race preparation, pacing and fuelling support
- Race reviews and End-of-Season Review
- Athlete Handbook & Learning Hub
- TrainingPeaks Premium
- Tribirdsport athlete community, webinars and team benefits
1:1 Coaching isn’t about handing your decisions over to me. It’s about having a coach alongside you who can question, guide, teach and adapt with you as your training and your life unfold.
OTHER WAYS TO WORK WITH ME
Not everyone needs ongoing coaching.
Sometimes you already know what you need — a training plan for a particular goal, help understanding what’s happening in your swim, or some support getting started in open water.
These options give you access to specific coaching support without joining Membership or 1:1 Coaching.
Training PlansTraining built for a specific goal — without ongoing coaching.Explore +–
If you want a structured plan for a particular race or challenge but don’t need ongoing coaching, I can build the training around your goal, experience and available time.
Plans can be created for an individual athlete or for a group preparing for the same event. For groups, the training can be structured so athletes work towards the same goal while still having appropriate options for different abilities and training needs.
Because every plan is different, pricing depends on what you’re preparing for, the length of the plan and what’s involved.
Swim Video AnalysisSee what’s happening in your stroke — and understand what to work on next.Explore +–
Video analysis gives us a much clearer picture of what you’re actually doing in the water than trying to judge your stroke purely by feel.
I’ll film your swimming above and below the water, then analyse the footage to identify the key things affecting your stroke. I’ll explain what I’m seeing, what matters most and what I’d prioritise next, so you leave with a clear focus rather than a huge list of things to fix.
Video analysis needs to be booked in advance and is subject to pool and coaching availability.
Open Water CoachingBuild confidence and skills where you’ll actually use them.Explore +–
Open water can feel very different from swimming in a pool. I offer individual open-water coaching for athletes who want help becoming more comfortable and capable outside.
The session can cover the skills most relevant to you, such as entering the water, breathing and settling yourself, sighting, swimming straight, turns, drafting and managing some of the situations you may meet during an open-water event or triathlon.
Open-water coaching takes place at H2O at Burghfield, near Reading, and is arranged individually around suitable open-water conditions and availability.
NOT SURE WHICH OPTION IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
You don’t need to work that out before getting in touch.
Tell me a little about what you’re training for, what you’re looking for and where you might need some support, and we can work out the most appropriate next step.