Psychological | Mediterra Swim & Run

Three Training Values

by Coach Mat | 19 Mar, 2014

Here are three values that I identify in our TI training: Speed is a product of work. What kind of work? Work to reduce resistance coming against us. Work to over-power what resistance is left after Work #1. Speed is one measurement of how well we accomplish those two...

Stepping Stone Solutions

by Coach Mat | 15 Mar, 2014

Stepping Stone Solutions: Breaking A Complex Problem into Solvable Parts, and Using Failure Points For Success ** When trying to develop any one of several complex skills involved in swimming we need to break it down into the right size pieces so that we can...

What Is Your Target?

by Coach Mat | 26 Jan, 2014

Let’s take a look at this perspective then enjoy a practice set to apply it… “Our actions are shaped by our intentions,” is the first sentence in the chapter entitle What Is Your Target?, in Part 2 of of Zen Golf, by Dr. Joseph Parent. He goes...

Swim Inside Out

by Coach Mat | 12 Jan, 2014

I will pull this quote from my previous essay because I want to elaborate a little more… As swimmers we need to realize that what happens inside the body is far more important than what we see happening on the outside. The outside of the swimmer is a product of...

Over-Thinking?

by Coach Mat | 5 Jan, 2014

Have you ever had someone say to you, “You’re thinking too much!” ? Or, perhaps, “Quite thinking about it and just do it.” ? One one hand, it makes sense. We kind-a-know what this means, that over-thinking is some ambiguous negative thing...

Coach, Is It Correct?

by Coach Mat | 14 Dec, 2013

Here is a common question I hear from swimmers devotedly practicing their drills: How do I know if it is correct? (“It” being any one of many passive positions of a body part or a particular movement pattern.) The answer to that question depends on what...