Great coaching is about facilitating change. To get faster in the pool, some aspect of performance needs to change. Better coaches are...

One of the major challenges for club coaches is to keep swimmers in the sport. One of the major challenges for college coaches is less...

In part I and part II, we explored two potential solutions for addressing performance limitations. At either extreme, we can take an...

When faced with performance limitations, we have to determine how to solve them. In part I, we explored the aggressive approach, with...

Coaches are constantly faced with choices that have potentially unclear outcomes. Because of the multi-factorial process that determines...

In part I, we explored the process of becoming a wizard, where any technical problem can be solved quickly and easily. Developing that...

In part I, we explored the concept of becoming a wizard, where no technical problem is insurmountable and results happen fast. We took a...

Many times, coaches claim skills can’t be taught. I’ve always resisted this notion, believing that we simply weren’t skilled enough to...

In part I and part II, we explored how innate characteristics can determine how swimmers move through the water, and distinguished...

In part I, we introduced the concept that skills are directly influenced by the inherent structures that swimmers possess. As some of...

In swimming, we have technical models that we tend to apply to our swimmers. In any swimming book, there are intricate descriptions...

Having interacted with a lot of teenage males, I’ve noticed that a lot of them play A LOT of video games. While it’s easy to claim that...

To reach their potential, every swimmer is eventually going to need an individual approach to training. Every swimmer is going to...

We’re getting to the end, and hopefully closer to understanding some of the dynamics that can be limiting consistent, long-term...

Previous articles in this series are linked below. All 4 Years Part I All 4 Years Part II All 4 Years Part III All 4 Years Part IV All 4...

Previous articles in this series are linked below. All 4 Years Part I All 4 Years Part II All 4 Years Part III All 4 Years Part IV In the...

Previous articles in this series are linked below- All 4 Years Part I All 4 Years Part II All 4 Years Part III This article is going to...

Previous articles in this series are linked below. All 4 Years Part I All 4 Years Part II Having explored what training potential is, and...

Previous articles in this series are linked below. Part I Having explored some of the reasons why swimmers fail to consistently improve...

This article series is going to be long and it will be long for a good reason. The most challenging task for coaches is to create the...

In swimming, the same motions are repeated over and over again. They happen in a cycle, and as implicit in the definition, there is no...

Training for competitive success is challenging. The higher the level of performance an individual aspires to, the more this is the case....

‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast.’ -Peter Drucker From professional sports to business board rooms, from amateur sports to non-profit...

Consistency is a habit and consistency is a skill. Swimmers who are consistent in training will not only perform better, they’re more...