Coaching with Purpose

How to make practice more fun? This question came from Coach AG. Thank you. When I was a new coach I struggled with how to make practice more fun. I usually had a high turn over rate of younger swimmers. It was imperative to the success of my club to figure out how to make practice…

Now this way to train synchronization occurred completely by accident. I was filming patterns for my pattern book and there is something in the book I call “synchronization options”. From doing the synchronization options I noticed we got better at synchronization. And there was no coach guiding us either! Let me step back and explain…

I really enjoy working on the Bent Knee Surface Arch (BKSA). Generally, I find the position is lacking in accuracy due to hip extension and not a lack of back flexibility. Don’t get me wrong, back flexibility is key, but I find that the hips get over looked. Look at the photo below. The arrow is pointing at…

I know many swimmers have been off for the last 2 weeks. It is a much deserved and needed recovery period in the training season, however there is a problem. When the swimmers get back to the pool the coaches try to whip them back into shape with workouts and lots of swimming. So what…

Did you participate in the 30 DAY Ankle extension? If not I have a new one for you to start Friday. For July created a 30 day KNEE extension challenge. Feel free to download it and print if off. I would absolutely love it if you shared it with others. Check out the video link below to…

I thought this may be fun for the swimmers to try. I created a 30 day ankle extension challenge. Feel free to download it and print if off. I would absolutely love it if you shared it with others. Check out the video link below to see the move you will be doing for this…

I absolutely love analyzing, training and creating pattern changes. There are some obvious and maybe not so obvious reasons that pattern changes are unsynchronized. Here are 13 points to consider to increase your teams synchronization ability. There are NO COUNTS. Coaches you need to choreograph the start count of a pattern, the move counts and the…

This season I have had a few really long days at the pool. I have some tools that I have used in the past that I love, but I also discovered some new useful ones too. Compression socks- I love these. After a long day on a hard surface my legs feel good after taking…

I was fortunate this year that the Canadian Open was only a few hours away from me, so I drove up in the morning to catch the combo and team events. I highly recommend that if you get a chance to go to a competition to observe you should. You really get a different perspective.…

Are you a club that desperately wants to find a new ways to keep your newest and youngest members? I have had some first hand insight into why we lose so many newbies in sport. Here is a bit of background for you. My daughter is now 5, but was 4 when she started ballet.…