Cycling Performance Club: Simon Jones- Coaching, science, and a post-marginal gains world - a podcast by Damian Ruse
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This week it’s a meander through some performance-related topics like coaching, marginal gains, performance teams, training load, and more with Simon Jones. Don’t know who that is - I’m sure if you’ve been a fan of cycling for any time, you know a rider or a team he’s worked with - with a performance career in cycling for over 25 years there isn’t much he hasn’t done.
And I will jump in with a few of his roles in high-performance in a moment but one thing that was nice about talking to Simon was when you have someone that has been around for so long (sorry if that makes you sound old Simon). But when you’re around long enough, you’ve seen many things come and go - so it was nice to hear what he prioritizes in coaching and cycling performance. And it’s not what you might first think when you hear he was Head of Performance Support and Innovation at Team Sky.
But just so we’re clear on Simon’s experience, he started out as a sports science graduate from Cardiff University and became a Sports Scientist with British Cycling just months later. He would go on to coach the Great Briton team pursuit riders through several Olympic cycles before taking up a job managing the Western Australia Institute of Sport, then moving to Team Sky, before his last role as AusCycling Performance Director for the last Olympic cycle.
Guest panelist:
Simon Jones
https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonjones5/
The podcast co-hosts:
Jason Boynton, Ph.D.
boyntoncoaching.com
Damian Ruse
semiprocycling.com
Cyrus Monk
cyclistscientist.com
Instagram: @cyclingperformanceclub
Facebook: @cyclingperformanceclub
Twitter: @cyclingclubpod
LinkedIn: The Cycling Performance Club Podcast
References:
Is WorldTour Racing Actually Getting Harder?
Further episodes of Semi-Pro Cycling
Further podcasts by Damian Ruse
Website of Damian Ruse