by Coach Mat | 1 Dec, 2018 | Attention/Focus, Buoyancy Shorts, Fins, Fistgloves, Hand Paddles, How To Train?, Mastery Process, Neurological Training, Neuromuscular Training, Skill Mastery, Swimmers Snorkel, Tempo Trainer, Wetsuits
[Note: I am sharing this post, one among hundreds, from our Mediterra Dojo library.] Training devices are extremely popular among swimmers and triathletes – with new fads coming each year – and people are often looking to their coach to have an opinion on these....
by Coach Mat | 3 Nov, 2018 | Attention/Focus, Boredom, Distraction, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mastery Process, Meditation, Practice Examples, Student Stories
Finding Acceleration Again The other day I was helping one of my students, whose challenging life circumstances in the last few months had regretfully kept him away from the pool too much. He was in need of tune up on some skills that were progressing previously, but...
by Coach Mat | 29 Sep, 2018 | About Mediterra, Attention/Focus, Distance Training, Fitness Training, Food & Hydration, How To Train?, Open Water Training, Swim Camps
As I write this I am sitting on our ‘command boat’ in the sea next to the peninsula in Kaş, Turkey. 30 minutes ago our swimmers begin the first strokes of their challenge swim on this final training day of our open water distance camp. The weather is...
by Coach Mat | 2 Oct, 2017 | Attention/Focus, Competitive/Performance Training, External Feedback, Fitness Training, Focal Points, How To Train?, Internal Feedback, Open Water Training, Plateau (No Progress), Practice Examples, Progression, Proprioception, Swim Camps, Training Theory
Inspired by what we just experienced this week at our distance training camp in Kaş Turkey, I wanted to share a bit how we set up our training at these kind of events. At swim camps we have a special opportunity to work with our swimmers for several consecutive days...
by Coach Mat | 9 Sep, 2017 | Attention/Focus, Boredom, Design Principles, Discomfort, Distraction, External Feedback, Flow State, How To Train?, Internal Feedback, Mastery Process, Motivating Swimmers, Training Psychology
This continues from Part 7 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #7 – Altered sense of time, which usually seems to pass faster. An...
by Coach Mat | 26 Aug, 2017 | Attention/Focus, Flow State, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Mental Training, Self Consciousness, Training Psychology
This continues from Part 6 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #6 – Loss of self-consciousness, transcendence of ego boundaries, a sense...
