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Get Started

If you’re looking to take your ability to develop skills to the next level, here’s how to get started.

 

A Starting Point

 

These are the fundamental principles I believe to be true.  

 

They underlie everything that I write and speak about.

The Book

 

In one place, you get all of the most important ideas surrounding systematic skill development, and practical examples of how to make it happen.

 

Build Better Skills While Training Hard

 

This short, free course will show you how to build skills without changing your skills.  Watch, listen, or read.  It’s 100% practical.

Get Started With Stroke Counts

​The free, step-by-step process for how to quickly and easily start implementing stroke counts with swimmers, setting the stage for more advanced strategies.

Developing The Foundational Underwater Kicking Skill

Learn how to build the foundational skill for fast underwater kicking with simple and effective training strategies.

Podcasts

 

SwimSwam
ProSwim Workouts Part I

ProSwim Workouts Part II

ProSwim Workouts Part III

The Talent Equation

Perception Action Podcast

Effortless Swimming #1

Effortless Swimming #2

Just Fly Performance Podcast #1

Just Fly Performance Podcast #2

That Triathlon Show

 

Writing 

 

Swimming World

United States Masters Swimming- Freestyle: The Complete Guide

United States Masters Swimming- Backstroke: The Complete Guide

Triathlete Magazine

220 Triathlon Magazine

Articles

Check out hundreds of articles I've written on this website that are all about helping swimmers go fast.

Top Articles

 

Below are articles that highlight many of the key ideas I discuss, broken down into different topics.

 

Swimming Skill

 

On Models and Principles

The Strokes Simplified I- Introduction

The Strokes Simplified II- Backstroke

The Strokes Simplified III- Breaststroke 

The Strokes Simplified IV- Freestyle

The Strokes Simplified V- Butterfly

The Strokes Simplified VI- Underwater Kicking

 

Learning

 

Let's Talk About Our Feelings I

Let's Talk About Our Feelings II

Feedback

Push The Hammer

Riddle Me This

Taskmaster

Time for a Change I

Time for a Change II

Time for a Change III

Time for a Change IV

Break it Down

The Error is the Way

One Thing

The Big Question

Goal Directed

Different is the Difference

Teacher, Leave Them Kids Alone

It's Not What You See, It's What You Don't See

 

Training

 

Living on the Edge

Dull

Cause or Effect?

On a Roll

The Trinity

 

Education

 

Find a Mentor

 

People

 

Lessons in Leadership

Conflict in Coaching

What's The Cost?

Accountability

Communication, Beliefs, and Tone

Got It

A Lesson From Literature

Simplifying Sports Psychology

The Price of Gold

Resources

 

These are some of the resources that have informed my ideas.

 

If you want a deeper perspective, check these out.

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