SWIMMING GOLD

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>Introduction:</p><p>Every swimming coach does drills and skills work at the same time in their practices. We can do it differently and better!</p><p>Three Critical Learning Points:</p><p>*...

<p>Introduction:</p><p>The non-stop main set is a relic of 1980s thinking — and it’s producing mediocre swimming disguised as hard work.</p><p>Three Critical Learning Points:</p><p>* Pushing straight through a 20 x 100...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>Every swimming coach does some form of skills practice in their training sessions every day.</p><p>For the most part, coaches focus on learning and practicing skills — but rarely test whether...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>One of the hottest topics in swimming is always Dryland Training.</p><p>When I speak at conferences, it’s inevitably a question from the audience. Swimming coaches have more opinions about...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>Let’s get this right from the start:</p><p>There are NO 7 year old backstrokers.</p><p>There are NO 9 year old freestylers.</p><p>There are NO 10 year old IMers.</p><p>There are just kids who...

<p>By popular demand — let’s talk about speed.</p><p>There’s a lot written about it. A lot talked about it. And a lot of confusion about how to actually develop it.</p><p>Here are my five fundamentals of going fast...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>A lot of coaches, when they start out, focus on one thing: physiology. The body. The physical elements of swimming.</p><p>They spend years looking for drills, workouts, training programs...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>Coaches and parents often ask me: “How do I help my swimmer develop confidence?”</p><p>Here’s the equation I use:</p><p>Confidence = Belief × Evidence</p><p>Think of confidence as a can — the...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>I often get asked to do pool deck sessions with swim teams when I travel.</p><p>Most of the time it’s drills and skills practices or “motivation” talks, attitude talks etc.</p><p>But there’s...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>No matter what stroke.</p><p>No matter the age of the squad swimmer.</p><p>From “Minis to Masters” - there’s 7 Technique Tips that I guarantee will improve the swimming technique of every...

<p>Write a training session for yourself, coach!</p><p>We all write workouts for our athletes. We know the repeats, the drills, the distances, the times. We prepare everything in advance for our swimmers.</p><p>But what...

<p>What would you do if you had ONE session with a team you don’t know, in a place you’ve never been, sometimes in a language you don’t speak, in a culture you don’t understand?</p><p>I have the best job in the world...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>This is without doubt my favorite story to tell when I do Club visits, swimming parents workshops and coaching clinics: The 5 a.m. In A Swimming Household story.</p><p>Please share this with...

<p>By Wayne Goldsmith</p><p>I’ve been to over 1000 swimming pools.</p><p>Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Fiji Islands, USA, South Korea, Zimbabwe, South Africa, England, The Isle of Man, Ireland, Northern Ireland...

<p>Coaching is moments that matter.</p><p>I was coaching a 14 year old.</p><p>He looked sad and flat and tired and I asked him how he was going.</p><p>He said, “I’m ok. I just wish I was more talented like Steve. He...