Mar 03 2025 31 mins 1
Hannah Brown is the guest for this episode of the coaching podcast, talking to Chris Brain about coaching racing.
Hannah currently works as the Canoe Sprint Podium Coach within the Great British Paracanoe team in Nottingham, and recently returned from the most successful Paralympic Games in Paris. Previous to this, she was the Podium Technical Coach and has spent nearly two decades enjoying a range of racing disciplines in paddlesport, ranging from winning World Championships in Wild Water Racing to being a long standing member of the Sprint Canoe Women's Kayak Team. Still coaching across the pathways in Wild Water racing, she brings a naturally analytic view of coaching from her background in Performance Analysis, alongside a range of coaching skills from different experiences within race disciplines.
The topics discussed by Chris and Hannah include:
- The complex role of a race coach
- Identifying areas for small competitive gains
- The balance of technical and physical aspects of paddling race craft
- Using modern tools and data to enhance coaching
- Life long performance in race paddling
To download the transcript for this episode click here.
