‘You can’t change a mature swimmer’s stroke.’   -Just about every senior age group and college coach   I’ve always found this to be a...

In part I , we talked about the idea of accomplishing as many performance objectives within a single set as possible. The key word here...

Nabisco released a new version of the Oreo, ‘The Most Stuf’, which is obviously superior to its other version because it has ‘the most...

Swimmers and coaches are greedy. They want to perform, they want to perform better than they ever have, and they want to do it all...

In part I , we explored the concept of foundational principles of fast swimming, and came to the following conclusions-   Swimming fast...

Coaches are often asked about their coaching philosophy. In essence, they’re asked what they believe about training and getting faster. ...

As coaches, our success is largely determined by our ability to solve problems. These problems could directly relate to performance in...

In part II , we explored physiological baggage. Physiological baggage is usually evident to coaches, as we can see the changes in...

In part I , we introduced the concept of baggage and how it can potentially affect technique if coaches aren’t aware of the potential...

Baggage is the stuff that we don’t want that comes with the stuff we do want. It’s the extra we’d rather do without. In the coaching...

In sport, there is often a focus on the immediate future, and swimming is no exception. How do we get results now, and what do we need...

In Part I, attention was brought to the need to consider planning training from physiological, technical, and psychological perspectives....

When designing training sessions, the goal should always be to optimize the opportunities to improve performance. We want to provide as...

Over time, our performances reflect our averages. Meet performances are typically the average of our training performance. Championship...

Improving ‘mental toughness’ is critical to providing swimmers with the best opportunity to perform to their potential in training in...

Coaches love to talk about mental toughness, yet it’s not really clear what mental toughness even is. In part I, I sought to make the...

Coaches like to describe swimmers as ‘mentally tough’. They certainly like to coach these swimmers. While most coaches will understand...

I’d like to take a different perspective on one of the commonly accepted paradigms in motor learning. If we’re going to be effective in...

Coaching is all about investing. We invest emotionally, we invest intellectually, we invest our energy, and we invest our time. As all...

PART I PART II PART III PART IV PART V PART VI In parts I-VI, we explored the three basic tasks of effective technical executions...

PART I PART II PART III PART IV PART V As described in part V, rhythm and timing is greatly underappreciated and seldom addressed in...

One of the biggest misconceptions is that skills are best learned at slow speeds without any pressure or fatigue. If you’ve ever bought...

A big challenge in coaching is getting things done in practice. There are different aspects of physiology to train. There are different...

If you want to be an effective coach, you have to be effective at getting change. And the faster you can create change, the more...