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Relax Into Easier Breathing

by Coach Mat | 17 Dec, 2017

I was working with ‘Ray’ in a private lesson. He presented a good example of how we could use the Checklist For Easier Breathing to diagnose his breathing complaint and pinpoint the possible solutions. To review, here are the four main features of easier...

Thinking About A New Wetsuit?

by Coach Mat | 4 Nov, 2017

I want to lay out some thoughts about buying a wetsuit to address the many questions and concerns I receive. Much of the following is an excerpt from my forthcoming ebook A Better Triathlon Swim that is just days away from being published. Wetsuits are desirable for...

Checklist For Easier Breathing – Part 3

by Coach Mat | 29 Oct, 2017

The Checklist Here is a ‘short’ and essential checklist to help you survey your pattern to look for gaps or weak spots. If you’ve been to one of our training events you’ll recognize many of these points and remember what kind of drills we use...

Checklist For Easier Breathing – Part 2

by Coach Mat | 21 Oct, 2017

This is continued from Part 1… Improve Your Understanding Of Exertion Likely, some of you have been working earnestly on your stroke and your breathing, but it is still not coming as easy as you think it should be. You are getting to air, but it still...

Checklist For Easier Breathing – Part 1

by Coach Mat | 14 Oct, 2017

Stressful, disruptive breathing is one of the top complaints brought to us by swimmers seeking coaching help. Sometimes the swimmer can experience a great improvement in ease with just one or two little adjustments. But often there are underlying structural problems...

Four Step Training Progression – Part 2

by Coach Mat | 4 Oct, 2017

This continues from Part 1 of Four Step Training Progression… Customizing For Each Swimmer Let’s say two swimmers are working on the same skill at camp but have different starting points, because of where they are at in their neural control for this...