Psychological | Mediterra Swim & Run

Your Fix-It List

by Coach Mat | 23 Oct, 2013

Nearly all my private workshop students make a comment something like this after about an hour or two into our first lesson filled with stroke analysis and stroke re-formation… “I have SO MUCH to work on!” Now, just as you read that phrase, I wonder...

Lucky Life?

by Coach Mat | 18 Oct, 2013

Recently, after coming to Antalya for an open-water swim camp with his group, one of my coach friends remarked, “You are so lucky living in a place like this!” I appreciate the sentiment, but I feel I should clarify my story. If you’ve come to one of...

Too Cool To Swim?

by Coach Mat | 6 Oct, 2013

Autumn has its grip on most of the northern hemisphere and our wild waterways are cooling down fast. I have heard the usual chatter about the ‘last open water swim of the season’ and I fully sympathize. However, I want to raise the challenge to hold onto...

Bright Spots

by Coach Mat | 29 Sep, 2013

TI coaches and swimmers give a great deal of attention to identifying, analyzing, and solving what we call our Improvement Opportunities. The core value of TI, after all, is kaizen – continual personal improvement. Finding finer and finer details of swimming...

2BK Defense

by Coach Mat | 13 Sep, 2013

In defense of the utility of the 2-Beat Kick I add this: If Sun Yang can set a World Record using the 2BK for 14/15 of the 1500m race – at an average pace of around 58 seconds per 100m, then we have to consider how effective it might be for you and I, when...

Capturing The Awesome Stroke

by Coach Mat | 17 Aug, 2013

When was the last time, after taking a breather (at the wall, or a pause in an ow swim to recover) and then when you resumed swimming, your first few strokes felt AWESOME before everything gradually faded back into ‘normal’ ? For some swimmers this may...