Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.
Mark Schubert. He just can't help himself- he keeps doing bad stuff! Since I last wrote about him, he's completed quite a...
When I swam in college, I had a teammate whose shoulder always hurt when the hardest practices came. I have a vivid...
On Monday, I announced the recent, quite dramatic events going on with this blog. In that post, I made a couple of serious mistakes....
Here's a blog I've been holding back for quite some time. You may have noticed a dip in my output over the...
In my younger days, I once went two years weeks straight coaching one swimmer or another. It wasn't out of a bad...
The text messages that Bob Bowman (and his friend, the infamous Sean Hutchison) sent seven years ago to Caroline Burckle came out this...
Later today I'll be recording a podcast with a long sought after guest: Susan Teeter. Susan was the coach of the Princeton University...
I hold my son's head with my right hand, the left hand scooped under his butt. He screams. I bounce. He errantly...
On Friday evening east coast time, USA Swimming sent out a letter to members. It was their first communication addressing "Safe Sport"...
Yesterday, Swimswam posted an article speculating who might get hired at one of the most coveted jobs in swimming, head coach of Auburn University....
One of the most dramatic pieces of fallout from USA Swimming's past couple months was the departure of two high level staffers,...
The second time I was introduced this past weekend at the Gulf Swimming Coaches Clinic, I became painfully self-conscious about part of...
