Coaching | Mediterra Swim & Run

The Importance Of Making Small Steps

by Coach Mat | 29 Jun, 2019

In the previous article Can You Trick Yourself Into A Longer Stroke? I described the difference between doing tricks to produce temporary adaptation – or we might call them, temporary boosts in some part of your performance – and doing the work over time...

When Change Feels Risky

by Coach Mat | 22 Jun, 2019

Changing your patterns for moving, in swimming or running as well as any other powerful athletic movement form, can be difficult. There are a lot of factors that can make it easier or harder than it seems to be for others. But if you are reading this blog, you are...

Choose A Role Model… That Fits You

by Coach Mat | 17 Jun, 2019

It is very likely that most of you reading this article have also browsed online videos of marvelous swimmers that you admire in some way. Who would be your favorite? And maybe you’ve gone one step further to study one of those in particular and have started to...

Can You Trick Yourself Into A Longer Stroke?

by Coach Mat | 8 Jun, 2019

When you are working on improving your stroke length (stroke count) or stroke rate (tempo) there are neural tricks you can perform to get your body to make a fairly quick improvement in a single practice. But, in many cases, those improvements hold up for only a few...

Is Injury A Normal Part Of Training?

by Coach Mat | 25 May, 2019

Many people may wonder, “Is getting injured a normal part of training for my sport?” I would say that, statistically speaking, injury is a very commonly experienced part of training. But it should not be normal. At least, it does not have to be for you. A...

Safer – Stronger – Longer

by Coach Mat | 18 May, 2019

Maybe you’ve noticed that we’ve been using a new tag line below our company name and logo: Safer – Stronger – Longer The logic behind it is this: I feel ethically obligated (and pleased!) to teach what I understand to be the safest movement...