by Coach Mat | 14 Jan, 2018 | About Mediterra, Competitive/Performance Training, Courses, Design Principles, Fitness Training, How To Train?, New Products, Online Coaching Program, Self-Coaching, Triathlon Swimming
When I started the first version of our online training in 2012, my intention was to provide support for our camp and workshop swimmers, who traveled from afar, who were going home and had no local coach and no materials to show them what to do in the weeks and months...
by Coach Mat | 30 Jul, 2017 | About Coach Mat, Discomfort, Group Training, How To Train?, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Motivation, Plateau (No Progress), Running, Self-Coaching, Solo Training
Is it time to get some coach attention or can you squeeze out more performance on your own with the resources you have available already? Good question! I was a self-taught Total Immersion swimmer. For that matter, I was a self-taught swimmer well before I found TI....
by Jamee Small | 19 Jul, 2017 | Attention/Focus, Improving Attention, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mastery Process, Neurological Training, Neuromuscular Training, Proprioception, Self-Coaching, Somatosensory Skill
What draws you to the practice of Total Immersion? Is it smooth swimming? Is it for health and fitness? A lifelong goal? What about as a method to train and sharpen your brain? Does it meet all those aims? The brain physically and cognitively is absolutely...
by Coach Mat | 28 May, 2017 | Competitive/Performance Training, Design Principles, External Feedback, Fitness Training, Internal Feedback, Mastery Process, Plateau (No Progress), Pleasure Swimming, Self-Coaching, Training Theory
There is this wide spectrum between “I want to perform better” and “I want to feel better” – a few swimmers seem to be on one extreme or the other, while the rest of us fall somewhere in the middle with a mixture of both. However, one of...
by Coach Mat | 30 Apr, 2017 | How To Train?, Injury, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mastery Process, Motivating Swimmers, Motivation, Plateau (No Progress), Self-Coaching
There is a difference between getting the work done, and getting the work done well. It’s one thing to feel like you barely survived the 1500 meter swim. It’s another thing to do it feeling strong enough at the end to continue with the rest of your...
by Coach Mat | 22 Apr, 2017 | External Feedback, Feedback Loop, Focal Point Training, Internal Feedback, Self-Coaching, Skill Mastery
This is a continuation of Part 1… Replace Visual With Other Senses In both rehearsals and often in drill mode you can turn your head and watch what is happening with that body part . Or you might stand in front of a mirror or window. Or you might watch your...
