In this presentation concepts of athlete engagement and getting athletes excited and motivated in their training are discussed.

1. How to engage
Athletes & keep
them excited
Host:
Katie
Marr

2. Meet The Host
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1. Sales and Marketing Professional
2. 20 years in and around
competitive swimming
3. Former swimmer, swim coach,
swim parent and board member
4. Swam in a charity relay across
Lake Huron in 2001

3. 1. Definition of athlete engagement
2. Threats to athlete engagement
3. Strategies to engage athletes
○ Teaching the value of training data
○ Involvement in training planning
process
○ Creating an open dialogue
○ Setting and achieving process,
performance and outcome goals
4. Enable them to take control of their success
5. Q & A
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What we’ll cover

4. A measurement of the degree to which
one’s heart and mind are committed to
their objectives, leaders and team.
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What is Athlete Engagement?

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Obstacles to Athlete Engagement
Expectation
Reality
X
Training is very physically, psychologically, and
emotionally draining.
When athletes are overcome with the factors shown they
are negatively affected emotionally and cognitively. This
declines their performance.
A large factor is also training loads. The workouts
combined with external factors such as poor sleep and
nutrition can cause an increase in injury and illness if not
monitored properly.
Injury
Illness
Poor sleep
habits
Anxiety
Poor Nutrition
Unrealistic
Expectations

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Strategies to Engage Athletes
1. Motivation through fear - Instilling fear in athletes is a
simple way to quickly motivate but over time the
benefits deteriorate. Athletes will become disloyal, and
begin to resent their coach.
1. Motivation through Incentive - Incentives, are again an
easy motivator for the short term. This type of extrinsic
motivation last very briefly until rewards need to become
more appealing and motivation begins to falter.
1. Motivation through purpose - Developing a strong
sense of purpose is most effective for creating lasting
motivation. When athletes have a strong purpose and
reason for training they are the most driven and
successful.

7. Knowing your numbers helps you
know where to focus during practice
Being able to see what went right on a
good swim, or where you went wrong
on a bad swim, in clear visual graphs
Compete with teammates to get the
best metrics
You can create focused objectives
and strategies heading into workouts
You can track progress in test sets
throughout the season, to ensure
your progress aligns with your goals
It forces you and your teammates to
stay honest in sets with stroke,
underwater, or breathe requirements
1.Teaching the Value of Data
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8. Log personal bests outside
of competition results
Catch changes quickly
Review practice results
when the workout is still fresh
in your mind
Track progress towards your goals
Create strategies to overcome
training obstacles with decisions
based on data
Get involved in training planning
— bring your own insights to
practice for review with your coach
2. Involvement in training planning process
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3. Creating an open dialogue
A key to engaging with your athletes is creating an open dialogue.
Making them feel a part of the decision making process, and like
they have a say in their overall training progress.
The best ways to facilitate open dialogue are:
1. Actively paying attention
2. Asking for and accepting suggestion
3. Giving credit where due - and celebrating small wins
regularly
4. Accepting and acting on feedback
5. Communicating often, in different forums

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4. Setting and achieving goals
Ensure process, performance and outcome goals are being set, as they will create the stepping stones for success.
Process goals ensure athletes meet training requirements, like making practices, or getting enough rest and calories.
Performance goals are about hitting specific metrics to improve overall performance during a competition
Outcomes goals are the specific times for a race, or qualifying for the next level of competition.
Ensure all goals are not dependant on variables outside of the athletes control.
Athletes are motivated by goals. It is important to set short and long term goals that athletes can work towards.
This will help keep them motivated and engaged in their training.

11. Time required: 15 minutes
Resources required: internet connection
Level of difficulty: simple, with practice
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5. Enable them to take control of their success
1. Open “workout complete” email
2. Click the link to your profile to review your workout
details
3. Select a few sets to compare to one another from
within this workout
a. Did you perform consistently throughout? If
not, where did you slip, and why?
4. Select a single set and compare to a similar set from
last week, last month, 2 or 3 months ago, etc.
a. How have your metrics changed, are there
any obvious trends? Do you slow down in a
certain length, do you increase your DPS or
stroke rate consistently?
5. Log any new personal bests achieved
6. Check changes in competition results, if you recently
attended any meets
7. Take a look at the blog page, are there any new
articles to reach which might help improve your
training and performance?
8. Jot down a few questions or findings to chat with
your coach about at your next practice
9. Set 1 goal to accomplish in your next practice, and
another to hit in the next 2weeks
a. Keep them specific to a certain metric -
rather than times

12. Q & A
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13. Thank you!
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14. Train Smarter with TritonWear
Collect and track all data simultaneously
We validate our accuracy and reliability by analyzing the
data against tens of thousands of video recorded
sessions – we optimize our algorithms to real-world
values. We are currently more than 4 times more
accurate than the next best competitor and always
getting better!
Metrics Collected
Accurate Data
Stroke Type
Splits
Speed
Stroke Count
Pace Time
Distance Per Stroke (DPS)
Stroke Index
Stroke Rate
Time Underwater
Breath Count
Push-Off Force
Turn Time
more accurate
than the next top
competitor
4X
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15. Personalized, unbiased feedback for each athlete
Look at general trends by viewing high level data
grouped at the rep, set and workout levels. Or, drill
down to analyze every length in detail for incremental
adjustments.
Dive into the data
The mobile app displays the activity of all athletes
wearing the units simultaneously. Each athlete’s
information updates in real-time throughout the
workout.
Simultaneous Tracking
Train Smarter with TritonWear
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16. Personal profiles increase engagement and motivation
Compare athletes on your team against each other or
against pro athletes from around the world to learn
from the best.
Learn from the pros
Overlay set data from different workouts to pinpoint an
athlete’s improvements. The results will answer
questions such as: is speed increasing while
maintaining stroke count; are turn times faster; is
underwater time increasing?
Easy test set reporting
Train Smarter with TritonWear
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