Best-Practice Training Characteristics Within Olympic Endurance Sports as Described by Norwegian World-Class Coaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

World-class coaches collect training data from their athletes systematically and exhibit an experimental mindset when making individual training adjustments in response to this data and other forms of feedback. However, the methods, expertise, and insights of highly accomplished endurance coaches is so far almost untouched in the scientific literature. The aim of this study was to provide a synthesis of common features and sport-specific variations in best-practice training characteristics within Olympic endurance sports as described by world-class Norwegian coaches.

Methods

A multiple case-study design was used, and twelve successful male Norwegian coaches served as key informants. Together, they were responsible for athletes winning more than 380 international m

SUBMITTER: Sandbakk O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12031707 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature