A collection of speeches and presentation Philippe has given.
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…
I like to take this time of the year to teach our swimmers the value of standing up to earn what they want in life and that swimming isn’t like Christmas presents, you don’t get the gold medal for trying to touch first. On the last week before the Christmas Read more…
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…
An example of how finding meaning can help when facing Brutus.