by Coach Mat | 5 Jan, 2020
Do you know what the difference is between a lesson and a practice? And, when is the right time for one or for the other? Here are some definitions I am working with to help students identify their current needs and help me plan activities to fit those needs. A lesson...
by Coach Mat | 30 Nov, 2019
This continues from Should You Be An Augmented Swimmer? Part 1… New technology will certainly bring augmented capabilities to humans, but we risk losing the innate capabilities of our nervous system that could atrophy from disuse. I wonder if in certain skilled...
by Coach Mat | 2 Nov, 2019
This articles is continuing from Time To Expand Your Capabilities? Part 1… To become more capable than you are right now, you may need better stroke skills, but it is not suitable for continual growth to be working slowly on skills and nothing else. You also...
by Coach Mat | 16 Oct, 2019
Why Set A Goal? Setting a new achievement goal is not just for those who are ambitious or competitive. Even if, and especially if one is simply pursuing health and happiness through swimming, a goal that requires you to swim a bit farther, a bit faster, or swim better...
by Coach Mat | 3 Aug, 2019
I both run and swim year round. In the last year or so I’ve put a lot more emphasis on running, and felt the corresponding motivation for that activity. Back in April, after a week off from illness, I irritated my achilles tendon on the first (allegedly...
by Coach Mat | 6 Jul, 2019
I would guess that the average number of practices a week for those reading this is three days a week. I know of some whose schedule permits less and some whose schedule permits more. When we add up the interruptions and challenges in our routines over the months, we...
