Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Coaching
Coaching makes the difference. The coach is at the hub the athletic experience. The coach’s primary mission is to provide a successful experience and create an atmosphere where success is inevitable i...
Taper, Peaking and Getting Ready
This is championship season in indoor track and short course swimming so I have been thinking about peaking and tapering. Here are some thoughts on peaking, taper and getting ready for the big competi...
A Coaching Philosophy
A coaching philosophy is the coaches guiding light. It is the cornerstone upon which everything else is built. Without a sound well thought out and articulated philosophy you will not be...
How good can you get?
How good can you get? How good do you want to be? There is no doubt that deliberate, directed practice will give you a chance to get better. But and is a very big but, you still have to have the goods...
Strength – Operational Definitions
Over the years I have evolved the following operational definitions of strength. Operational because it is how I classify strength training when I design my workouts. Classically the coaching literatu...
Coaching & Communication
To be an effective coach you must communicate clearly with those who you are coaching. Communication completes the feedback loop that gives you and the athlete a sense of self worth. Sometimes it is n...
Priority Training
It is so easy when designing a training program to include too much “stuff.” I know over the year I have been guilty of this. I want to make sure that I touch all the bases so I end adding an exercise...
Grabbing the Brass Ring – Are you ready?
This is post number 1,000 since I switched the blog to TypePad, I think it only fitting that this is about grabbing the brass ring, seizing moment, taking advantage of an opportunity. All the hoopla a...
There is Gain Without Pain
No pain, no gain was a very prevalent attitude when I began coaching in the late Sixties and surprisingly it continues to persist today. I have never been able to figure out the appeal of this approac...