Specific Skills | Mediterra Swim & Run

Relaxation Comes From Appropriate Stiffness

by Coach Mat | 5 Feb, 2023

Do you seek more relaxation in your swimming experience? This overall relaxation is actually a product of a balance between softness and stiffness around the body, and the balance of these shifts through the stroke choreography. Softness allows tissues to rest and...

The Power Of Three Ps

by Coach Mat | 22 Jan, 2023

I have a recipe for achieving improvements in my strength and skills that I’ve learned over the decades. It includes the three Ps. Process – Persistence – Patience Process is a set of sequential actions to take that are designed to produce a...

Don’t Skimp On The Warm-Up

by Coach Mat | 18 Jun, 2022

I understand the pressure you might feel, having limited time in the water, to quickly get into what you view as the main and most important part of your workout. This often compels people to skimp or skip a warm-up altogether. But the warm-up is more than about...

Gaining Control Over Your Attention and Energy Flow

by Coach Mat | 15 Apr, 2022

The mind and the body develop together and where one goes the other is pulled along. If you are training the body to become capable of something extraordinary, are you training the mind for its role in this as well? There is a saying, most notably promoted by Daniel...

Differentiating Your Thinking from Awareness and Attention

by Coach Mat | 7 Jan, 2022

At one time or another, you may have received the rebuke, “Don’t think about it so much. Just do it!” In some consequential situations where self-control is needed, slowing down to think is a really good thing to do. In others, where a different kind of control is...

Accept What Is In Order To Change It

by Coach Mat | 6 Feb, 2021

Do you notice, as I do, that rarely are we the same person in the same condition in today’s practice that we were the day before? Every day presents the likely possibility that something is different in our bodies, in our minds, in our personal conditions, which...