Motor Learning | Mediterra Swim & Run

Feel For Feedback

by Coach Mat | 2 Jun, 2013

Have you ever asked your coach, “Hey, look at me. Am I doing this right?” What are you trying to get with that question? Feedback. You need feedback to tell whether you are doing the right thing or not so you can make some improvement. There’s no way...

Opportunity Cost

by Coach Mat | 15 May, 2013

Here is a snippet of a comment I received on the the recent post No Bubbles To Eat: I have only been doing the TI method for two months and I am a competitive swimmer which messes me up…when i have to go fast. Here was my response to that part of it (and I’ve...

Got Talent?

by Coach Mat | 13 May, 2013

Here is my two-cents to add to those who’ve been doing a great job busting the myths behind talent (Like Daniel Coyle in The Talent Code): Talent is just the gift of a head-start. It isn’t what gets you through a practice, across the finish line or onto...

Set Up The Solution

by Coach Mat | 4 May, 2013

Let me lay out the thinking behind how a TI Coach may set up the solution for a swimmer’s problem. This should be helpful to you who are self-coaching – afterall, it is our goal to help you think like a TI Coach thinks so you can improve your own swimming. At...

Out Of Tune

by Coach Mat | 5 Mar, 2013

Without a sufficient tune-up you might run into the problem I had today in practice. The following story will show you both my mistakes and my reasoning on how to correct it next time. When I arrived the pool was (finally) a pleasant cool temperature rather than the...

Why Tune-Up?

by Coach Mat | 5 Mar, 2013

What is a Tune-Up? And why should you add one to your swim practice? Traditionally, in individual sports like running and swimming, we have used the term “warm-up” for that part of the practice we do at the very beginning. The word ‘warm’...