by Coach Mat | 20 Oct, 2018 | Aging and Improvement, How To Train?, Injury, Injury Management, Injury Prevention, Martial Arts, Mastery Process, Motivation, Swimming Physics, Training Theory
This continues from Part 1 of One Stroke Technique For Everyone? Improve What Is Improvable Let’s consider some of the features that could be improved if an athlete were motivated to do so: soft-tissue and joint immobility low flexibility low strength poor...
by Coach Mat | 13 Oct, 2018 | Aging and Improvement, Discomfort, Injury, Injury Prevention, Internal Feedback, Pain, Physiology, Training Psychology
Continued from Part 2… Emotional Resilience There is a level of grit – technically known as ’emotional resilience’ – that is good for each of us to develop, when the pain can’t be reduced further. It is really tough to train for...
by Coach Mat | 27 Mar, 2018 | About Coach Mat, Aging, Aging and Improvement, Motivation, Other Related Sports, Strength
What has kept me exercising regularly for 30 years, and what will keep me going for another 30 and more? This post is part 2 of 4 in the series The Habit Of Exercise. and continues the discussion of what builds and strengthens our habit of exercise to contribute to...
by Coach Mat | 19 Mar, 2018 | About Coach Mat, Aging, Aging and Improvement, Motivation, Other Related Sports, Recommended Reading
There may be a season of your life when it becomes important to you to get ready for a big athletic accomplishment, like a triathlon or a masters swim meet, or a swim holiday that has you training more than you have been used to. That event on a fast approaching date...
by Coach Mat | 4 Mar, 2018 | Aging and Improvement, Coaching Adults (Masters), Design Principles, Injury, Lessons From Elites, Mastery Process, Pain, Running, Self Limiting Exercises, SPL, Stroke Length (SL), Tempo, Stroke Rate (SR), Yoga
I can’t emphasize this enough, because it is a cornerstone of our care for adult athletes: we train for superior technique because that is what is going to keep our body pleasantly functional into our oldest age . Taking off from the way it was said in the...
by Coach Mat | 11 Feb, 2018 | Aging and Improvement, Boredom, Burn Out, Flow State, Motivation, Student Stories, Training Psychology
I took my boys to the local skate park on a rare sunny winter day recently. They like riding their pro scooters there and practicing mild versions of the tricks they’ve seen on Youtube. I was watching them practice as well as the dozen other boys gathered there,...
