Craig Mottram Reflects His First Year Coaching OAC Oceania + How To Approach An Olympic Year

"I always get asked about my philosophy on coaching. In short, it’s about relationships. It’s about athlete management and making sure that you build trust with the people that you’re working with. Ultimately, you’re making sure the team is healthy, fit, having a good time and that we’re believing and confident in each other. We’ve built that."
While many track and field fans have been blown away by the rapid ascent of the On Athletics Club based in Boulder with coach Dathan Ritzenhein, the Swiss sportswear company has also invested resources into developing a professional team in Europe and most recently in Melbourne under the tutelage of four-time Australian Olympian Craig Mottram.
The team launched in February 2023 and included rising stars Claudia Hollingsworth, Keely Small, Tess Kirsopp-Cole, Maudie Skyring and Olympian Ben Buckingham. Two months ago, they announced the addition of four new athletes to the team.
As an official media partner of the 2023 On Track Nights series, our contributor Mitch Dyer had the chance to catch up with Mottram before the inaugural year of the circuit concludes at the Zatopek: Ten, which will also serve as the Australian 10,000m national championships for the Paris Olympics.
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