Streak broken – April was the first month in 2018 where we didn’t see growth in our monthly analytics. A positive sign may however be the fact that our visitors spent more time on the website – an indicator for more interesting content?
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 6 – Teaching Feel
This week, Twitter users voted that I should discuss how to teach “feel!” As promised, this week I provide a description of “feel” as well as some tools coaches can use to teach it to their young athletes.
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 5 – No Bad Fly
This week I discuss my efforts to change my coaching style to embrace my swimmer’s abilities in a more positive way. I spent a week coaching my athletes to stop swimming bad butterfly – but you’ll have to listen to find out how.
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 4 – Turning a Bad Practice into a Good Practice
I had to completely throw out two consecutive practices last week. In this podcast, I talk about the reasons why and discuss how productive it was to embrace my failure and use it as a springboard into success.
The Swim Brief – Hiring Season
This is a special “Hiring Season” episode of the Swim Brief with Nico Messer and Chris DeSantis. They talk about the “season” from both the perspective of someone doing the hiring and someone looking for a job.
Stats & Memberships Report: March 2018
March is the third month in a row this year that the ProSwimWorkouts platform is continuing the trend of increased interest and activity. PSW did keep a little bit of a “low profile”, however, still had a couple big announcements.
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 3 – Test Sets for Development Swimmers
What metrics are most useful to you in your coaching? Which ones give you the best sense of your athletes’ development?
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 2 – Mindful vs. Mindless Swimming
When you swim, are you mindful of what you’re doing, or mindless? Many of us use swimming as a means of “shutting off” our brains and taking some time to be without thought, without worry. I don’t think this works for competitive swimming; listen to find out why.
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 1 – Intro to the Ear
Episode 1 is an intro to the podcast and to its host. Sarah MacDonald is a Canadian coach who has worked with 12 & Under Age Group swimmers for the past 14 years.
Stats & Memberships Report: February 2018
We were able to keep pace with the great start into the new year during this shorter month of February attracting a stable number of visitors. And Coach Mike Murray certainly did his part for this trend with great contributions.