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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

Professional Swimming Starts From the Ground Up

Let me first say that Katinka Hosszu is absolutely right. Swimming is not a professional sport. Although she herself has been able to make...

June 26, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

The Power of Crying In Sports

Two weeks after my daughter was born I found myself a blubbering mess. I was watching the Star Trek movie (the 2009...

June 22, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

The Power of Crying In Sports

Two weeks after my daughter was born I found myself a blubbering mess. I was watching the Star Trek movie (the 2009...

June 22, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

This Job Posting from Lehigh Is Awesome

One of my hobbies is looking at swim job postings. Although I'm self employed, I'm always curious about what's out there. Most...

June 20, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

This Job Posting from Lehigh Is Awesome

One of my hobbies is looking at swim job postings. Although I'm self employed, I'm always curious about what's out there. Most...

June 20, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

We’re Doing Board Run Teams Wrong

Over the weekend, the news came out from back in Denmark. Sigma, the perennial "best" or almost best club in the country, was...

June 19, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

We’re Doing Board Run Teams Wrong

Over the weekend, the news came out from back in Denmark. Sigma, the perennial "best" or almost best club in the country, was...

June 19, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

Mad Scientist Ray Looze Shoots for the Moon

Let me preface everything I'm about to say with this: I do not know Ray Looze. My impression of him is mainly...

June 15, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

Mad Scientist Ray Looze Shoots for the Moon

Let me preface everything I'm about to say with this: I do not know Ray Looze. My impression of him is mainly...

June 15, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

It’s Our Responsibility to Make FINA Additions Work

Last week, FINA addressed a longtime wrong in the swimming world, adding the women's 1500 to the program (as well as a...

June 13, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

It’s Our Responsibility to Make FINA Additions Work

Last week, FINA addressed a longtime wrong in the swimming world, adding the women's 1500 to the program (as well as a...

June 13, 2017 · 2 min read
Mindset

The Joy of Swimming By Yourself

I swim by myself*. That's not very remarkable. After all, plenty of people show up to the pool, put their heads down...

June 12, 2017 · 2 min read