I’d like to encourage everyone reading this to try to go beyond workouts and sets in their quest to learn from other coaches.

Both will take with them a sense of drive and discipline that only the sport of swimming can offer.

There are a lot of different types of teams out there what do you want to be?

If you are considering being a volunteer, having a sense of these values will help you maximize your takeaways in this role.

We invite you to be a part of this community and to be gentle with yourself through this journey.

What other advantages of having a masters program? The most important is the support system for your club that masters swimmers provide.

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.

Our words matter. They carry weight with our swimmers whether they are positive or negative.

TEAM Championships are won in Finals. Prelim/final meets are usually scored meets and points can only be scored in the final session.

Some swimmers won’t even take a full stroke of butterfly until weeks into working on these drills. The pay off for me has been significant.

One component that isn’t talked about a great deal – perhaps ever – is how to incorporate workouts from other coaches into your style.

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One of the most important skills that you can teach and keep refining with your athletes is body awareness in the water.

If you hire people who make you comfortable or you hire people who are just like you, then you are wasting your time.

To me, there is something different about learning something and experiencing something.

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