Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer's Reviews > Project Rainbow: How British Cycling Reached the Top of the World

Book concentrating on Ellingworth's road coaching career (establishing the academy, working at Sky, working on Team GB) but all focused on the aims of a Worlds man's road race gold medal in 2011 and Olympic medal in 2012. Reading a book on Team GB techniques entirely focused on the road is interesting. Ellingworth's main techniques including: breaking down a goals into the different steps needed to achieve it, and then the steps to achieve those etc; strict discipline with youngsters and amateurs; listening to those he is coaching (especially when they are more senior) and respecting their requirements (letting them develop the rules and for example selection criteria, allowing for the reality of a professional lifestyle so that training camps aren't compulsory); understanding the differences between people; motivating people to focus on a goal; a strong concentration on pre-planning of logistics. The only downside to the book is it can feel a little repetitive as although the timeline is moving on, Ellingworth's approach and pre-occupations are constant.