by Coach Mat | 17 Sep, 2016 | Competitive/Performance Training, Fitness Training, How To Train?, Kaizen (Continual Improvement), Muscle Training, Neuromuscular Training, Pacing, Plateau (No Progress), Self-Coaching, Speed Math, Test Swims, Test Swims, Training Theory
This is a continuation of thoughts from Going Beyond Easy Speed. There are some ‘easy’ breakthroughs in speed which come from that initial – and usually radical – improvement in body shape and movement control. But the other way to appreciate...
by Coach Mat | 12 Mar, 2016 | About Coach Mat, Endless Pool, External Feedback, HR, Effort & Ease, Neuromuscular Training, Pace Combinations, Pacing, Practice Examples, Self-Coaching, Speed Math, Stroke Demos, Tempo, Stroke Rate (SR), Training in Endless Pool
Last July I had the opportunity to get a little practice time in the Endless Pools Performance model unit owned and operated by my TI Master Coach colleague Tracey Baumann, Swim Solutions UK. The studio is located in Wraysbury, near Windsor, near London UK, where she...
by Coach Mat | 27 Feb, 2016 | Competitive/Performance Training, Pacing, Pool Training, Speed and Pace, Sprint Training, Sprint Training, Test Swims
This post is related to my 100 yard Sprint Improvement Project I discussed in the previous post. It is not common for swimmers – elite or regular citizen athletes – to train on both ends of the event spectrum – short sprints (like 50, 100) to long...
by Coach Mat | 21 Feb, 2016 | About Coach Mat, Pace Combinations, Pacing, Self-Coaching, Speed and Pace, Speed Math, SPL, Stroke Length (SL), Sprint Training, Sprint Training, Tempo, Stroke Rate (SR)
Since I am back in Oregon USA and back to the short 25 yard pool, my interest has been drawn back to short distance work for these winter and spring months, until open water season arrives again. In Antalya I enjoyed year-round sea swimming, but I am now back to a...
by Coach Mat | 19 Dec, 2015 | Attention/Focus, Competitive/Performance Training, Energy Management, Exhaustion, Fitness Training, Metabolic Training, Neurological Training, Pacing, Plateau (No Progress), Self-Coaching, Test Swims
Experienced and accomplished swimmers (still practicing) tend to have well-developed swimming-specific fitness from their years of training, even after taking time off. When they begin retraining their stroke technique a challenge in that process is that they can get...
by Coach Mat | 25 Mar, 2015 | Competitive/Performance Training, Pace Combinations, Pacing, Race Strategy, Speed and Pace, Speed Math, SPL, Stroke Length (SL), Swimming Physics, Tempo, Stroke Rate (SR), Training Theory, Triathlon Swimming
A question from a friend about Pace Combinations made me realize that I have referred to Pace or SPL x Tempo Combinations several times without really laying out a direct introduction to it. So this essay is meant to give a brief explanation for Pace Combinations and...
