A collection of stories I use to make it simpler and possible to teach athletes challenging concepts.
I’m coaching a group of children between the age 8 and 11 who have recently or are really near achieving their regional standard (under 4:00 in the 200 IM). In the period when this story occurs, the focus in practice is to learn to read their times and to follow Read more…
A story designed to help athletes evaluate their degree of investment in a challenge.
An example of working with the channels and the little devil’s voice in practice.
An example of how the sentences of the little Devil are used to guide an athlete into shifting the focus.
An example of working with the little Devil and sentences in a post race debrief.