The Simple Path

by Coach Mat | 18 Feb, 2013

How do we make swimming easier? There are just two ways: Reduce water resistance. Use less effort (reduce the power output). How do we swim faster? There are three ways: Reduce water resistance. Apply available power more effectively. Increase power output. This...

Drills For Proprioception

by Coach Mat | 9 Feb, 2013

Did you know that your skin houses the extremities of your brain? Yes. The nerve endings (all various kinds) covering every square centimeter of your skin are extensions of the brain itself, not a separate organ. All those nerve endings are in constant contact with...

Definition Of A Drill

by Coach Mat | 5 Feb, 2013

A question raised on my last post: You point out that when our stroke breaks down, we asses where and why the stroke is not right and go back to drilling. What if we can not find the answer from the drills…..especially if self-coached, how would you suggest we “think...

eBook For TI Triathletes

by Coach Mat | 4 Feb, 2013

I’ve had the privilege of receiving my first TI Coach training under Shane Alton Eversfield (and Betsy Laughlin!) and then found a couple excuses to work with him again. I am looking for more. I love being around this guy. I love the way he explains things. The...

The Drill Sequence

by Coach Mat | 2 Feb, 2013

Here is a brief explanation of how to set up an effective learning pattern with drills and whole stroke. [I recommend that you read Using Focal Points and Using Drills to complement this essay. ] We develop the stroke, and then performance itself, beginning with gross...

No Retirement Necessary

by Coach Mat | 26 Jan, 2013

Coach Terry shared an article from the NY Times Online with me today. I nearly started crying. I am completely confident that an experienced TI Coach can guide you to achieve your Ultimate Potential along a unique and effective path. TI Philosophy, and I dare say, TI...

Using Drills

by Coach Mat | 22 Jan, 2013

To carry on our discussion of How To Use Drills, I will provide an outline here for how they can be incorporated into your practice time. If you haven’t read it already I point you back to the previous post Using Focal Points to scan that first. This post will...

Using Focal Points

by Coach Mat | 21 Jan, 2013

I have been getting some great inquiries by email lately and want to lay out some things in one place that should address a common thread of need-for-understanding I’ve seen in several inquiries. How do we use drills in practice? I will get to that in the next...

Meta-Cognate

by Coach Mat | 19 Jan, 2013

Challenging situations are made up of repeating patterns… It’s very difficult to see these patterns when we first enter a challenging situation, but, over time we begin recognising them – or at least learning how to deal with them more effectively....

Break It Down

by Coach Mat | 17 Jan, 2013

Are you struggling and frustrated with something in your swimming? It may be too obvious to state this, but then again it may not… at least in the context of solving our swimming problems. In order to solve them, we take the complexity of our problem and break...