In this episode of the Swimmer’s Ear I discuss some research I’ve been doing for my Masters project. How do parents, peers, and coaches impact a swimmer’s engagement in the sport? Whose fault is it when a swimmer quits for good?
Coaching
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 12 – June Syndrome
It’s June and my swimmers have “June Syndrome”! This doesn’t only happen in June – it also happens in December around the Holidays. In this bonus episode, I solicit advice from fellow coaches as I myself am at a loss of what to do.
Swimmer’s Ear – Episode 8 – Worst 400 IM Ever
Do you remember the first time you swam 400 IM? I imagine it wasn’t the greatest. In this Podcast I discuss why you should consider embracing the “worst 400 IM ever” mentality with your young swimmers.
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.
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?
The Swim Brief – What Makes a Good Clinic
Coach Nico has just criss-crossed the country in search of swimming knowledge, attending clinics and looking in on one of the top swimming environments in America.
The Swim Brief – Professionalism, Hiring and Welcoming Criticism with Kathleen Klein Prindle
In a far reaching conversation with Kathleen Klein Prindle, we got a lot of answers from the Head Coach of Performance Aquatics and Vice President of the ASCA.
The Swim Brief – The Legend of 100x100s
Following up on last week’s introduction, we have it out about 100×100 and sets like it. We take both sides of the debate and discuss some of the things we look for when considering a swim practice like this.