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Free Resources & Media

Free Tools for Coaches

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These are free resources that go deeper into specific aspects of skill development and set design. They’re all built for coaches working with real swimmers in real lanes.

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Swimming Skill Development Scorecard

 

A practical tool to help you:

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  • Determine your club's top 3 skill development opportunities in less than 10 minutes

  • Assess your current approach to skill development

  • Identify high‑value opportunities you can work on tomorrow

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Get the "Swimming Skill Development Scorecard"

 

Build Better Skills While Training Hard

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A short guide and video series that shows you how to:

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  • Integrate skill work into main sets, not just warm‑ups

  • Use task design so swimmers improve skills during the sets they’re already doing

  • Keep training quality high while skills improve

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Get "Build Better Skills While Training Hard"

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Get Started With Stroke Counts

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A simple resource to help you:

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  • Implement stroke counts for the first time, or improve how you're using them

  • Avoid common mistakes (and overcomplicating it)

  • Integrate stroke counts into sets you’re already writing

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Get "Get Started With Stroke Counts"

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Developing the Foundational Underwater Kicking Skill

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A focused guide on:

 

  • The fundamental underwater kicking skill

  • Strategies to improve this skill during training

  • Example sets you can adjust to use with any level

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Get "Developing The Foundational Underwater Kicking Skill"

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Get Started With a Skill Development System

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This resource will help you:

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  • Think through which skills you want your program to prioritize

  • Start mapping skills to groups and ages

  • Move from random drill choices toward a simple, written plan

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Get “Get Started With a Skill Development System"

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​Follow Along

 

I share ideas, examples, and videos about skill development and training regularly on social media. You can find me here:

 

Instagram: @andrewksheaff

X (Twitter): @AndrewKSheaff

YouTube: @Andrewsheaff

LinkedIn: Andrew Sheaff

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​​​​Media & Interviews

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I’ve been fortunate to be invited onto a number of podcasts and platforms to talk about skill development, constraints‑led coaching, and training.

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Podcasts

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Selected appearances include:

 

  • Inside With Brett Hawke – episodes on skill development and constraints‑led coaching

  • SwimSwam – discussions on training, skills, and coaching

  • Effortless Swimming (#1 and #2)– conversations around technique and task design

  • The Talent Equation – exploring skill acquisition and constraints in swimming

  • Perception Action Podcast – connecting motor learning research to coaching practice

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Writing 

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I’ve written about swimming, skill development, and training for:

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Articles & Resources on This Site

 

If you want to dive deeper into how I think about skills and training, here are good places to start.

 

Articles​​ – Hundreds of articles I’ve written on coaching, skill development, and training design.

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Browse all articles

 

Top Articles​ – A curated list of the pieces I think are most important for effective coaching.

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Read the top articles

 

A Starting Point​ – The fundamental principles I believe to be true about swimming, skills, and training. If you’re new to my work, start here.

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Read “A Starting Point”

 

Resources​ – Books, research, and other sources that have informed my ideas about constraints‑led coaching and skill development.

 

See the resources list​

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