Specific Skills | Mediterra Swim & Run

Should The Expert Swimmer Become A Beginner Again?

by Coach Mat | 8 Nov, 2020

The Joy of a Beginner It is a great pleasure to work with a new swimmer or one who is totally new to our way of swimming and training and have them be so open and excited at the new possibilities and see hope emerging in their mind. Their joy of discovery becomes my...

Be Powerful and Be Smooth About It

by Coach Mat | 24 Oct, 2020

I have a saying: “Power is important, but (in water) shape is more important than power.” I use it to persuade a student to be patient with our process of developing the frame of the body and the streamline shape before we focus directly on the propulsive...

Benefits of Non-Judgment in Your Training

by Coach Mat | 11 Oct, 2020

Practicing non-judgment in athletic training has been one of the more liberating experiences I’ve had. It opens me up to more information, a more complex and nuanced understanding of my body and performance, and it allows me to form the kind of emotional...

Keep Aiming For The Bullseye

by Coach Mat | 12 Sep, 2020

Swimming Is A Complex System Swimming is a very complex package of movement skills. When it is at its best the whole body is moving as a well-tuned, unified whole – it feels relatively easy, it is energy-efficient and produces pleasing results. All the parts are...

The Antidote To Fear Is…

by Coach Mat | 22 Aug, 2020

The other day I listened to this great Tim Ferriss interview with Jim Dethmer. There was so much in this podcast about developing the self, more loving and empowering relationship, about leadership. I would just like to point you to it if those subjects interest you....

You’ve Swam Farther. You’ve Swam Faster. Now What?

by Coach Mat | 25 Jul, 2020

Imagine you had some sort of a restriction that only allowed you to swim a strictly limited distance or limited time in each session, for the next 10 years. Let’s say you could only swim 30 minutes or 1500 meters and then you had to stop. How could you still...