Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.
There were little bite sized bits of avocado strewn on the plate. Occasionally, Olivia would poke at one before making a hasty...
I first met Lotte Friis as a fan. I had stood in the stands, with my big Danish flag, waving it furiously...
"And that's why English is the official language of America...". I was doing my thing- staring right through my seventh grade history...
Yesterday, it was announced that Bret Lundgaard will be the new head coach for Princeton's Women's Swimming and Diving team. Lundgaard had...
Over at Swimvortex, Craig Lord has published an editorial by former National Performance Director Bill Sweetenham on the subject of bullying by coaches. Sweetenham,...
In the world of coaching swimming, it's dangerous to call yourself a specialist. Even in the college ranks, where there are 'sprint",...
Hundreds of times, I've uttered the sentence "I didn't get into this sport to get rich" to a fellow coach. There's always...
Let me set the scene for you. Your in the heat of a swim practice. Your the coach and you've written a...
Yesterday, I wrote about the stunning inequity between men and women in college swimming. The blog focused a lot on the describing the problem...
There is a silent crisis going in college swimming. Silent because it's happening so slowly and to an already disadvantaged set of...
When I bring up the topic of mental skills with swim coaches, I hear one word more than any other: visualization. It...
Ho hum. Another year goes by, another top two finish at the NCAA Championship for Teri McKeever's Cal squad. McKeever, who had...
