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...

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...