My Favorite Trick for Helping Swim Practice Go By Faster
Swim practices can drag on when our mind wanders. Here is one of my favorite ways of staying ‘in the moment’ which will also help you swim faster.
Try this goal setting strategy if you are struggling with hard goals
Big goals are great. But often, open goals, or “curiosity goals” can be just the thing we need to accomplish hard things in the water.
Try This Dryland Tip to Fire Up Your Freestyle Kick
Want to power up your kick? Here’s a quick dryland tip you can use to unleash a faster and more powerful freestyle kick in the water.
Why Your Coach Makes You Train Your “Off” Strokes
We all have the things we excel at—and things we don’t—in the water. Strokes included. Here is why coach is having you train them.
The Day Bill Pilczuk Shook the Swimming World in Perth
In January 1998 a soft-spoken Bill Pilczuk shook the swimming world when he dethroned the top sprinter in the history of men’s swimming.
“Help–other swimmers on my team are swimming fast and I’m not.”
When teammates perform well, and you don’t, you are provided an opportunity to supercharge your own improvement. Here’s how.
How to Build a Pre-Race Routine to Dominate Your PB’s
Ready to smash some PB’s? Here are some ideas for how to build a legendary pre-race routine so that you are locked in on race day.
This is How Powerful a Process-Based Mindset Can Be
Unsure just how helpful a process-based mindset can be in the water? Here’s an example of what this mindset can do for your swimming.
Eddie Reese’s Favorite Sets for Getting Swimmers in Shape
The man. The legend. The staggering number of titles. Here are some of legendary swim coach Eddie Reese’s favorite sets for getting swimmers in shape.
Pre-Race Nerves are Normal: It’s What You Do Next That Matters
Feeling those pre-race nerves? Stop worrying about being nervous. It’s the fear and worrying about being nervous that makes it a bad thing or not.
8 Reasons a Swimmer’s Logbook Will Help You Swim Faster
One of the best and under-utilized tools you can unleash on your swimming is keeping a swim log. Here are 8 reasons to start using one today.
Mark Tewksbury: How Visualization Will Help You Achieve Your Goals
When Mark Tewksbury got into the water for the final of 100m backstroke at the 1992 Olympics, he felt like he’d already been there a thousand times.
Natalie Coughlin and the Power of Being Focused in the Water
Here’s how Natalie Coughlin harnessed the power of intense focus in practice to deliver epic and gold-medal winning performances on race day.
Trust the Process
If it’s success you want with your swimming, stop obsessing over the outcome and results and start focusing on the process.
5 Mental Toughness Lessons from Olympic Champ Kieren Perkins
Kieren Perkins was the dominant distance swimmer of the 1990s. Here’s the legend’s advice on how swimmers can get mentally tough.
