Coaching with Purpose

I hope all of my readers who went to the Canadian Qualifier this past week are pleased with the progress they are making and are excited for the next opportunity to compete. Most importantly though, congratulations. I was trying to think about ways that a coach could be more effective with their feedback at practice.…

  Today’s blog post has been inspired by my own training for a marathon.  If you would have asked me Dec 31, 2013 when I registered to run the Edge to Edge marathon, if I thought running for more than an hour would be “easy”, I’d probably have said no.  I would have imagined much pain,…

I struggled a bit with what to write about this week, but after being to some competitions over the last month I thought I should discuss the competition warm-up.  Just to make sure we are all talking about the same thing, I am referring to the warm-up a team has just prior to competing.  The…

After reading this post it should be clear why I posted my electronics for a post on sleep.  On February 12, 2014 I listened to the Krush Performance show, the featured guest was Dr. Samuel from the Centre for Sleep and Human Performance in Calgary.  Dr. Samuel worked with the Canadian Olympic team on their sleep programs prior to…

With the Olympics being showcased on the world stage I thought it would be great timing to discuss when should someone quit his or her sport.  I know in Canada if a synchro swimmer does not make a Senior National team they have very few options.  And for those who have never made a national…

This post is dedicated to all transitions that have an unroll; kip, flamingo bent knee, barracuda or any other unroll you may come across during figures. Here is a video of 13-15 swimmer performing the flamingo unroll. I am not a proponent of calling this transition an unroll.  Unroll is not a clear enough description…

This month I have been working hard at getting my book ready to send to a publisher.  I have been immersed in all things pattern changes, so I thought I would share some gems from my book with you. These are in no particular order. 1.  Discover the in-between patterns that can be checked as…

This weeks blog is all about sport drinks.  Both Gatorade and Powerade sell different products and label different depending where you live. I am basing this information on the US websites for both since they are the easiest to understand.  I will end this post with the links to other countries so you can research on…

  Most of you have been to at least one routine competition this year or you are heading into one, so I thought it was perfect timing to talk about what do you with your routine choreography following a competition. The theme is letting go. It’s my opinion that most of us coaches become too…

Inspiration and ideas can truly come from anywhere as long as you are always open-minded.  This weeks blog post is inspired from a book that I never ever thought would apply to coaching.  The book is called “The Untethered Soul” by Michael A. Singer. Chapters one and two give an unique perspective on the role…