Chris DeSantis
Hierarchy of Communication

Now I was in the audience. When I get the chance to visit teams, I often take the opportunity to sit in on team meetings or watch practice. In each case, I think they are invaluable learning opportunities for me. One of the luckiest parts of what I do for work is that I get to see coaches from all over the country and across the world run their team.

Chris DeSantis
Empathy is Especially For People You Don't Like

That does mean, however, that when someone is doing something other than what I’ve landed upon at that moment, I can be quite judgmental. If there is a right, then there must be a wrong. Over the years, I have learned to think less black and white while holding on to my own judgments about what is right and wrong. I’ve learned that there is more than one absolute right in any given situation.

Chris DeSantis
Equity for Winners

To paraphrase, the question was “how do you manage coaching a group of athletes where you have superstars and people who are not nearly as fast”. A worthy question and one that pretty much every coach has to answer except for a select few.

Chris DeSantis
Greg Meehan Coming into His Peak
Chris DeSantis
Volatile Confidence

For example, someone “has” confidence, or they don’t. Another person might “have” motivation, or not. When I coached in Denmark, I noted several swimmers when quitting or contemplating quitting would say they had “lost” their motivation. It was almost as if it were a set of keys they had left under a couch cushion and had given up on finding.

There's No Rush: Wait Until Swimmers Can Choose

There's No Rush: Wait Until Swimmers Can Choose

I believe in aI believe in a fundamental rule in the long term development of athletes. I see it broken all the time, across teams at all levels. I believe athletes ought to choose their sport, but oftentimes are never given that choice. fundamental rule in the long term development of athletes. I see it broken all the time, across teams at all levels. I believe athletes ought to choose their sport, but oftentimes are never given that choice.