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Developing "Feel" For The Water
The biggest challenge for the adult swimmers we see in our program is developing "feel" for the water.

Streamline Teams
Mar 9, 20232 min read
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Just Breaking The Surface
We see it all too often, what appears to be the Loch Ness monster rising up and out of the water.

Streamline Teams
Feb 16, 20234 min read
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Teaching The B.A.S.I.C.S.
Trying to do everything without a pure foundation, leads to inconsistencies and results that aren’t repeatable.

Streamline Teams
Jan 24, 20234 min read
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The Last Day I Coached 100x100: A Short Story.
I challenge myself to create workouts that create the same dynamic, the same challenge, with greater outcome.

Streamline Teams
Jan 3, 20236 min read
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Lessons Learned: Keep it Simple
Part Two of a Three part series on what a young coach has learned throughout the first part of a career.
Alexis Keto
Nov 3, 20223 min read
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Get To Know Your Athletes
Getting to know athletes as people can help coaches connect complex concepts to each athlete and bridge the gap between generations.

Streamline Teams
Oct 25, 20224 min read
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Flipping the Cords Around
Taking a different view on how to use assist cords
Alexis Keto
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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IM Training
o build endurance in the 20 yard pool, we think about changing a set over a few weeks.

Streamline Teams
Jun 14, 20223 min read
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The Order of Freestyle
Whether working with beginners, intermediates or advanced swimmers, I always evaluate and teach freestyle in a specific order.

Streamline Teams
May 12, 20224 min read
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Flip Turns
We have incorporated a few drills to help the swimmers learn how to use their hands during the flip turn.

Streamline Teams
Mar 17, 20223 min read
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High School Age Swimmers: 400 IM development
I believe the goal for a great 400 IM set, is make it around 3-4k in length and have a build in speed to the set.

Streamline Teams
Jan 25, 20225 min read
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Peer Coaching & Creating An Environment of Learning
I’m open to learning from my athletes and I allow them to explore and teach they teach me skills and drills that they have found beneficial.

Streamline Teams
Jan 18, 20224 min read
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Streamlining Workout Composition
One component that isn’t talked about a great deal – perhaps ever – is how to incorporate workouts from other coaches into your style.

Streamline Teams
Jan 6, 20225 min read
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The Importance of Language
Coaching is about transferring knowledge and language is integral to our everyday lives...

Streamline Teams
Jan 4, 20223 min read
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A Didactic Approach In Full Stroke
For me, technical exercises are not the panacea for improving an athlete. They take up too much time; in some cases the athlete has to...

Streamline Teams
Dec 30, 20213 min read
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Dry Land Training: Developing Athletes In the Water
Written By: Bernardine Dickman Today, our youth spend much more time on sedentary activities than in the past. Due to the computer,...

Streamline Teams
Dec 23, 20216 min read
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All
If you find you’re layering correction after correction, you’re fixing symptoms not problems.

Streamline Teams
Dec 16, 20217 min read
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Teaching Body Awareness to All Levels of Your Program
One of the most important skills that you can teach and keep refining with your athletes is body awareness in the water.

Streamline Teams
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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The Importance of Pull-Ups In The Development of Faster Swimmers
The pull-up is by far one of the best and most fundamental exercises that a swimmer can do, and in my personal opinion...

Streamline Teams
Nov 23, 20214 min read
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Coaching Compass: Sharing My North, South, East & West
In finding your "True North" you will decide what you value most in coaching, maybe even in life.

Streamline Teams
Nov 16, 20215 min read
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