Coaching | Mediterra Swim & Run

Transparent Coaching

by Coach Mat | 12 Dec, 2012

How is your training going? I thought it would be helpful to just be a little transparent about what I am doing and thinking these days on a personal level in my swimming and coaching. The water and weather are gradually cooling. And it is gradually becoming a little...

Virtual Competition

by Coach Mat | 4 Dec, 2012

We’ve sparked some interest on the TI Forums in what Coach Suzanne, Terry and I call the Virtual Competition with Sun Yang. However, the format I’ve laid out can be used for a competition between any swimmers separated by space or time anywhere in the...

TI Training 102

by Coach Mat | 3 Dec, 2012

The answer to speed as we approach these limitations in physics and physiology is improving the shape of the hull and the prop- what in physics (and boat-building) is called hydrodynamics. The longer, and narrower the shape of the hull, the faster the boat will slide...

TI Training 101

by Coach Mat | 3 Dec, 2012

Total Immersion has two dimensions as a technique: A technique for shaping a swimmer’s stroke into superior form A technique for how to train a swimmer to swim at optimal performance with that superior form Let me discuss this #2 aspect briefly: Total Immersion as a...

Simplified Improvement Strategy

by Coach Mat | 3 Dec, 2012

Here is a guideline for how to take a neurological perspective into your advanced performance training. So many students ask for advice on how to structure their practice times so we’d like to offer at least one idea for how to do that, though we could propose many...

C U With My Hands

by Coach Mat | 1 Dec, 2012

What does swimming and swim coaching have to do with a pomegranate? My family and I are fortunate to have a few pomegranate trees in our yard. Deep red and deeply sweet like this one appears to be. They are a rewarding treat, but a seemingly chaotic bundle of juice...