Coaching | Mediterra Swim & Run

Not Right? Make It Better – Continual Improvement

by Coach Mat | 28 Dec, 2014

When you are working on something difficult, do you keep doing it wrong? Does this leave you frustrated and ashamed? Such an emotional storm surrounding your learning process makes progress even more difficult than it needs to be. Make progress much easier by...

Swimming Past Exhaustion Point

by Coach Mat | 21 Dec, 2014

Have you swam past your exhaustion point? Why, or why not? ** There is a difference between a difficult swimming situation that produces struggle and a difficult situation that presents challenge. Swimming as Struggle = swimming in a situation where I have lost...

What Is Your Neutral Buoyancy Point?

by Coach Mat | 22 Nov, 2014

Previously, I wrote out some thoughts and a strategy for swimmers who struggle with sinking: Remedy For Sinkers Part 1 Remedy For Sinkers Part 2 Better Motivation For Sinkers And Anyone Since then those posts have received a good deal of attention and I’ve...

Weight Training For Swimming?

by Coach Mat | 15 Nov, 2014

Recently a swimmer friend emailed me the link to this article and asked my perspective on it. Since it comes through an authoritative source (US Masters Swimming) it carries some weight in the minds of swimmers. The article is ” Strength and Size: Getting...

Stroke Correction By Yourself

by Coach Mat | 2 Nov, 2014

I have worked on answering a variation of this question previously (here), but I like to keep working on it. It came up again at our last swim camp this season: “How do I practice at home? I don’t want to practice something wrong.” How do I make a...

Mindfulness In/Out Of Water – Part 3

by Coach Mat | 25 Oct, 2014

Continued from Part 2… Now I will move on to some practical suggestions. A few weeks ago one swimmer commented on my post Going Further From Inside: I have read and reread this article several times. Is there any way to incorporate this inner awareness...