Skill Problem‑Solving Sessions

Developing race‑winning skills is essential.

The hard part is doing it well with real swimmers, real groups, and real time constraints:

• Conflicting information about which skills really matter

• Conflicting information about how to develop them

• Big groups, limited time in the water, and still needing to train hard

• Drills that look good, but don’t show up in races

You can talk more, explain more, correct more…

But that doesn’t always change how your swimmers actually move.

These sessions exist to help you fix that.

What This Is

A 60‑minute Zoom consulting call where we work through your key skill‑development challenges and make your current practices more effective.

Typical problems:

• Your group looks good in drills, but falls apart at speed 

• A specific skill (stroke mechanics, underwaters, turns) isn’t showing up in races 

• You want to use constraints/task design but aren’t sure how to build it into real sets 

• You’re not happy with how a week of practices fits together from a skill standpoint

We’ll usually focus on one primary problem so you leave with clear next steps, and we can touch on 1–2 related issues as time allows.

We look at what you’re currently doing, identify where it’s breaking down, and design better tasks and progressions you can plug straight into your practices.

What You Leave With

By the end of the call, you’ll leave with:

• A clear understanding of which skills matter most for the problems you brought 

• 1–3 task‑based sets or progressions you can use immediately with your group 

• Simple adjustments to how you write practices so the skills stick under fatigue and speed 

• Clarity on what to stop doing, so you’re not just adding more “stuff” to already full sessions

The goal is not to overhaul your program.

The goal is to make what you already do work better.

Why Task Design (Not Just More Talking)

Traditional, instruction‑heavy approaches hit limits fast:

• You can only interact with so many swimmers in a session 

• Instruction isn’t always effective, and swimmers don’t always stay engaged 

• The larger the group, the more challenging it gets

By developing skills through effective task design, you can:

• Improve skills across a whole lane, not just the swimmer you’re speaking to 

• Build skills at speed, under realistic fatigue 

• Keep training quality high while skills improve

These sessions focus on helping you design those tasks for your situation.

Who This Is For

These problem‑solving sessions are useful if you are:

• A coach who wants to get better at developing skills in training groups

• A head coach who wants to align a staff member or group around more effective skill work 

• A club or organization that wants to start applying a constraints‑led approach in a practical way

If you’re already doing “technique work” but aren’t seeing it show up when it matters, this is for you.

Why Work With Me

• Author of A Constraints‑Led Approach to Swim Coaching (Routledge), focused specifically on how to develop skills in real training environments

• Built full skill development systems for multiple USA Swimming Club Excellence recipients, including a Gold Medal club

• Created the skill development frameworks for World Aquatics Swimming Coach Development courses

• Worked with coaches from age‑group to international level who want to improve how they develop skills

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How It Works and Pricing

• Sessions are held over Zoom. 

• Each session is 60 minutes, focused on your main skill‑development challenges. 

• One 60‑minute call is $109. 

• If you’d like ongoing support over a season, I offer discounted packages for multiple calls. We can discuss that after the first session if it makes sense.

Common uses:

• Reviewing a week of practices and improving how skill work is built into main sets 

• Designing task‑based sets for a specific skill or stroke issue 

• Planning how to introduce constraints‑led ideas to your group or staff

Next Step

If you’d like a focused session to work through your key skill‑development problems, start here:

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1. Click the button below and fill out the short form. 

​Tell me who you coach and what problem(s) you want to work on. (You can list 1–3 if they’re related.)

2. I’ll email you within 48 hours with a few options for times.

3. We’ll use the call to work the problem and leave you with clear next steps.

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Keep it simple…

Andrew