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Notes on mindset, coaching, and the craft of sport.

Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.

Mindset

Five Worst Parts of “Darkhorse” Episode Six, Ranked

Many people are enjoying the youtube series “Darkhorse” with Shane Tusup and Ilaria Cusinato. I am not one of those people. Through...

September 11, 2019 · 2 min read
Mindset

You’re Allowed To Like Who You Like

Last week, two well known names in swimming got arrested. One was Linck Bergen, and despite my own interest in that name,...

September 10, 2019 · 2 min read
Mindset

Learning to Slap My Own Back

Think back to the most recent annoyance of your life. For me, it’s that as I write this, my flight is currently...

September 3, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

Please Allow Me to Live Vicariously Through You

As is well documented, I am addicted to swimming job boards. Your guess as to why is as good as mine. Do...

August 26, 2019 · 2 min read
Mindset

How to Get SwimSwam to Cover You

Like it or not, SwimSwam is the juggernaut of swimming “media”. I hear from plenty of people who don’t like it. These...

August 21, 2019 · 4 min read
Mindset

Podcast Preview: Sports Agent and Sales Expert Cejih Yung

First off, thank you to all of you who have reached out to me over the last few weeks regarding my podcast,...

August 15, 2019 · 1 min read
Mindset

Denmark’s Going To Try it With Some Danes Now

Yesterday was a pretty big day in Danish Swimming. A chaotic summer began with a public television documentary exposing abusive practices by...

August 9, 2019 · 5 min read
Mindset

One Big Tip to Improve Your Swim Coach: Pay Them More

There are a lot of people these days looking for “hacks”. In my day we called them short cuts. Whatever you call...

August 6, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

An Incomplete, Disrespectful Book Review of David Epstein’s “Range”

For the first time ever, here’s a book review. I recently “read” David Epstein’s latest book, “Range”. I say “read” because, as...

July 29, 2019 · 4 min read
Mindset

Don’t Have Assistants

I got my first “assistant” coach in 2013. I was an assistant myself, coaching at Georgia Tech. I had a big group...

July 18, 2019 · 5 min read
Mindset

Trash Roundup

There’s some not good stuff happening. It feels like every few days I should write about one of these topics, and I...

July 9, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

All the Opportunities of “No” (Updated)

Almost two years ago, I wrote a blog about all of the possibilities rejection opens up. I didn’t know it at the...

July 2, 2019 · 4 min read