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.

I believe that imagination is the catalyst for optimizing and maximizing every second of each practice.

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.

Coaching is about transferring knowledge and language is integral to our everyday lives...

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We are creating an “environment of psychological safety” for all our athletes.

As inconvenient as change can be, it has forced us as individuals, and as a sport, to look at what really matters.

If you find you’re layering correction after correction, you’re fixing symptoms not problems.

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

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

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I am forced to navigate my voice and success in a community that is not represented by people who look like me.

Whether the connect is small or big, takes 10 minutes or 2 years, every connection makes an impact on our lives and the lives of others.

The pull-up is by far one of the best and most fundamental exercises that a swimmer can do, and in my personal opinion...

In finding your "True North" you will decide what you value most in coaching, maybe even in life.