There are millions of coaches around the world, some of them working on a voluntary basis and all of them having a big impact on our lives and societies. As part of European Week of Sport 2021, ‘Global Coaches Day’ has been marked for Saturday, 25 September and World Triathlon are profiling various coaches and acknowledging all coaches, around the world, for their incredible and ongoing contribution to Triathlon and Para Triathlon.

In this video interview, high performance coach Joe Schoeman (RSA) reflects on the coaching men and women on the elite circuit and elite athlete Shanae Williams (RSA) shares what it’s like to be coached by the father of Olympic medallist Henri Schoeman.