Triathlon

Did your athletic successes always correlate to periods of happiness in your life? When did they not? 

Athlete success and happiness: A coach's perspective.

I can speak to observation of many, of the athletes that I've coached over the years. As a coach. I've always had one cliche in. That's a happy athlete is a fast athlete, and I'm always trying to create an environment where athletes can Thrive can work hard and be serious and focused but also have a little bit of fun and being a good environment and that trickles over into their life as well. But I've also seen many athletes have great success when there. Under other life. Stresses and they either have a great skill to be able to partition life stress away from practice stress and racing stress or The Angst, anger sadness gets re channeled into extra hyper-focus in training and racing. So they may not be performing from a place of personal strength, but they're able to channel That Emotion into the onto the race course.

As a coach, I have seen athletes perform well when they are happy and thrive in an environment that is enjoyable. However, some athletes have been able to channel their emotions into extra focus and use it as a motivation for success.

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In my experience as a coach, I've observed that a happy athlete tends to perform well. Creating an environment where athletes can thrive, work hard, and have fun contributes to their success. However, I've also seen athletes achieve great success despite facing challenges in other areas of their life. Some athletes have the ability to separate life stress from their performance, while others channel their emotions, such as angst or sadness, into extra focus during training and racing. This may not necessarily come from a place of personal strength, but it can still lead to strong performances on the race course.

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Lance Watson has an extraordinary 30-year coaching career with gold medals at the Olympic, Commonwealth, and Pan American Games. He has coached over 20 IRONMAN victories and numerous World Championship podiums. He was recently inducted into the Triathlon Canada Hall of Fame and is the founder and President of LifeSport Coaching.