I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
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Coaching Series Episode 6: Diljeet Taylor – Head Women’s Cross Country Coach, Associate Director of Track & Field at BYU (IHA Episode 455)
58 minutes Posted Mar 21, 2023 at 7:33 am.
What training looked like today
Long winters and the snow
Taylor Made Elite
Creating a team culture and her coaching style
Goals when starting to coach at BYU
Winning the national cross country title
What makes her team successful
Working with athletes through disappointment
Managing an athletes progression
Walking with a woman through body changes
Her passion for coaching
Her own running and coaching trajectory
Following your dreams
Diljeet’s faith
“The dark place” in races and celebrating women in big moments
How various coaches had an impact on her career
The support that she feels from the entire athletic department
Infusing gratitude into her program
Motherhood
What’s next for Taylor Made Elite
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Show notes
In today’s episode of the I’ll Have Another Podcast coaching series, we are joined by Diljeet Taylor!
Diljeet is the Head Women’s Cross Country Coach and Associate Director of Track and Field at BYU. She also recently started coaching an elite group called Taylor Made Elite. Diljeet has been at BYU since 2016 and they have had huge success under her leadership including a 2021 NCAA Cross Country National Championship. She also coached individual cross country national champion, Whittni Orton, who will be on this podcast soon! Diljeet also coached 5 other individual national champions including Courtney Wayment in the 5,000m, indoor 3,000m, and 3k steeple, Anna Camp-Bennett in the 1500m, and the DMR in 2021.
You’ll get to hear about her goals and dreams with BYU when she started this job. We also get to hear about her own choice to run in college and become a coach. She also shares about believing in her athletes and the value of that.
Thank you to V.O2 for sponsoring this series of the podcast! Go to VDotO2.com and use the code “Lindsey” for 20% off the Adaptive Trainer service. If you want to learn more about utilizing V.O2 for coaching, email me at Lindsey@sandyboyproductions.com.
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