311001 ‐ Athlete centered training and examples of the preparation for the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris
Hiro talks about his experience as a Japan national head coach. Japan team missed Team Gold by 0.103 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After the Tokyo games, he thought improving landing technique is one of the effective ways to win at the games. His approach was to build trust with coaches and athletes first so that everyone can move towards the same direction. He thinks that just giving the training program to the athletes is easy tasks to do but making the athletes want to try spontaneously is more important and it is always challenging. His athlete centered approach led to the remarkable results including winning Team Gold at the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships and more.
