Mac is a 9-year-old boy. He speaks at the speed of light and finds it impossible to sit still and quietly. So far, he hasn’t been able to speak out loud and verbatim, the sentences he hears in his mind when thinking. This being an essential skill for mental training, Read more…
Upon returning to coaching in 2014, I found out quickly how very few of my swimmers even bothered with the clock. Whether they left, accurately or not, 5 or 10 seconds behind the person ahead of them, they had no clue of the interval and even less of their times. Read more…
One of the most heart-wrenching experience to have as a parent (and as a coach) at a swim meet is to see one’s child/athlete dog a race. The swimmer shows up behind the block and dives in, but his/her heart isn’t into it. He’s swimming but NOT racing. If he’s Read more…
This is the short speech I had with young swimmers and their parents after all pre-regional swim meets, to hopefully influence positively the content of the drive home. In 2016, I was coaching at a pre-regional swim meet where our new and young swimmers, who had yet to swim under Read more…
There is always a myriad of behaviors one can witness at swim meets which are caused by the lack of self-confidence. All of which result in performances that are far below the potential of the athletes. To address this and help my athletes build their self-confidence, I’ve developed stories and Read more…