Everyone is listening to what you say, and how you say it. More importantly, everyone is watching what you do, and how you do it. Always....

An underappreciated skill in coaching is managing tone when communicating with swimmers. While what you say certainly matters, and...

As with all strokes, great dolphin kicking is the result of the same principles for fast swimming- increased propulsion, reduced...

In competition, swimmers are all by themselves. They alone must overcome whatever technical, physiological, psychological, and emotional...

As with all strokes, great butterfly is the result of the same principles for fast swimming- increased propulsion, reduced resistance,...

We all perceive reality in our own way. In some cases, these perceptions serve us very well. In other cases, our current perceptions...

As with all strokes, great freestyle is the result of the same principles for fast swimming- increased propulsion, reduced resistance,...

When considering the effectiveness of any skill acquisition intervention, the ultimate litmus test is whether the desired changes show up...

As with all strokes, great breaststroke is the result of the same principles for fast swimming- increased propulsion, reduced resistance,...

Below is one of my favorite parables. It is simple, yet hugely impactful. While coaches may be tempted to share this message with their...

As with all strokes, great backstroke is the result of the same principles for fast swimming- increased propulsion, reduced resistance,...

As swimmer’s progress through their career, performance improvements become harder and harder to come by. To overcome this challenge,...

Technique gets complicated. Teaching technique gets more complicated. If swimmers of any age are to improve, they need to improve their...

The training process can be very confusing. Seemingly opposite approaches to training have produced equally impressive results across...

In the coaching context, conflict arises over our ideas, our desires, our intentions, and our goals. Constantly. For those in leadership...

As training is a cumulative process, each practice is linked to the previous and subsequent practice. As coaches, we often overlook these...

Verbal instruction and repetition. Teaching towards and then prescribing numerous repetition of an idealized model. These are the...

In nature, most systems are goal-directed. They are constructed and organized to accomplish a goal. The goal comes first and the...

Bobby Hurley compared to Bob Ladouceur. Bobby Knight versus John Gagliardi. All four coaches have experienced unparalleled success. All...

When interacting with swimmers, or any athlete, there’s one question every coach needs to be asking, often. What are you working on,...

For every lap of every swim of every set, swimmers have the opportunity to evaluate their swimming progress, simply and quickly. By...

Swimmers, particularly motivated ones, seem to want as much technical information as possible about how they can get better. They want...

Practice make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. The above statements, particularly the latter version, are part of the dogma of...

A Lesson From Literature Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, Mother Night, tells the story of Howard Campbell, infamous Nazi propagandist and...