Do What You Have To Do
Periodization, performance planning, preparation periods. Macrocycles, mesocycles, microcycles. Anaerobic and aerobic capacity,...
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- Jul 16, 2019
Slow Cook It
The impact of slow losses in critical training components was discussed previously in Bleeding to Death. I would like to shift the...
- Jul 9, 2019
Easy As 123
As has been touched upon before, coaches are constantly engaged in identifying, engaging with, and solving complex problems. To combat...
- Jul 2, 2019
The Root
As discussed in great coaching, the X Factor in coaching is separating the important from the unimportant. In a vast sea of choices, the...
- Jun 25, 2019
Cultural Erosion
‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ -Peter Drucker From professional sports to business board rooms, from amateur sports to non-profit...
- Jun 18, 2019
Bleeding to Death Part II
As discussed in PART I, the effects of training can operate at divergent time scales, with the positive and negative impacts of a given...
- Jun 11, 2019
Bleeding to Death Part I
One of the biggest challenges in coaching is managing training over long time scales. In other words, the effects of your decisions...
- Jun 4, 2019
The Dryside Part III
As discussed in part I, life stress can significantly impact performance and health. In part II, we discussed how coaches can manage...
- May 28, 2019
The Dryside Part II
As discussed in part I, life can have a tremendous impact on the training program, including the rate of improvement, injury risk, and...
- May 21, 2019
The Dryside Part I
As coaches, we tend to be very focused on the importance of our training sessions and training plans. We feel that the specifics of the...
- May 14, 2019
The Coaching Process
At its essence, coaching is a simple process. It is a series of decisions based upon information that is presented to the coach on daily...
- May 7, 2019
Drilled Down
The use of technical drills has been a central part of teaching movement and skills. As described here, there are more considerations as...
- Apr 30, 2019
Beyond the Base
One of the fundamental concepts of swimming training is the critical importance of developing a ‘base’. As the name implies, a great base...
- Apr 23, 2019
OPTIMIZING Performance Part III
In previous articles we explored the impact of autonomy and expectancies on performance. To wrap up the final aspect of the OPTIMAL...
- Apr 16, 2019
OPTIMIZING Performance Part II
In part I, we introduced the OPTIMAL theory of learning, which suggests that emphasizing autonomy, expectancies, and an external focus of...
- Apr 9, 2019
OPTIMIZING Performance Part I
As a coach, I am always looking for different ways to view the training process, new ways to understand how performance emerges, and new...
- Apr 2, 2019
Overload
Improvements in training come from overload followed by recovery from that overload. This process results in an adaptive change* that...
- Mar 26, 2019
Learning to Coach
The craft of coaching requires many skillsets to be effective. Learning to coach effectively is a lifelong process that only ends when...
- Mar 19, 2019
Going Dry Part VI- Developmental Considerations
This week’s post will be shorter in length, but no less in importance. We’ve examined the various training components and training...
- Mar 12, 2019
How Are You Doing?
As the coaching profession continues to move forward, in conjunction with the expanding presence and efficacy of technology, there has...
- Mar 5, 2019
Going Dry Part V- Improve Fitness, Work Capacity, and Body Composition
Once a program has established a sound plan for establishing posture and torso stability, acquiring and strengthening full range of...
- Feb 26, 2019
Safety Valves
As coaches, we constantly have to make decisions about any number of training-related issue, and we often have to make these decisions in...
- Feb 19, 2019
Going Dry IV- Strengthen the Muscles Required for Propulsion
Having developed a stable torso position and established appropriate range of motion through the joints, it’s time to create force. As...
- Feb 12, 2019
Intentions
It’s not uncommon to see articles promising simple advice to help improve our lives, particularly with relationships. They provide...
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