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.
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Streamline Teams
Jan 14, 20223 min read
The Power of Positivity
Our words matter. They carry weight with our swimmers whether they are positive or negative.
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Jan 12, 20222 min read
The Women's Voice
We need to prioritize our relationship building, continually work on connections, amplify and raise each other up...
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Jan 12, 20225 min read
Is It Worth Staying For Finals?
TEAM Championships are won in Finals. Prelim/final meets are usually scored meets and points can only be scored in the final session.
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Jan 11, 20223 min read
Making Butterfly Accessible to Age Group Swimmers
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.
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Jan 6, 20225 min read
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.
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Jan 4, 20223 min read
The Importance of Language
Coaching is about transferring knowledge and language is integral to our everyday lives...
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Dec 30, 20213 min read
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...
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Dec 29, 20214 min read
Peace
Written By: Dana Skelton Peace- A state of tranquility or serenity Peace- Freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, or anxiety...
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Dec 23, 20216 min read
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,...
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Streamline Teams
Dec 21, 20215 min read
Coaching Mental & Emotional Performance
We are creating an “environment of psychological safety” for all our athletes.
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Streamline Teams
Dec 17, 20213 min read
I Can Handle Change
As inconvenient as change can be, it has forced us as individuals, and as a sport, to look at what really matters.
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Streamline Teams
Dec 16, 20217 min read
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
If you find you’re layering correction after correction, you’re fixing symptoms not problems.
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Dec 14, 20213 min read
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.
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Streamline Teams
Dec 9, 20217 min read
Real Talk: Learning Curves For Coaches
If you hire people who make you comfortable or you hire people who are just like you, then you are wasting your time.
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Dec 7, 20214 min read
Coaching is About Relationships: A Young Coaches’ Observations
To me, there is something different about learning something and experiencing something.
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Dec 3, 20213 min read
The Power In Asking Questions
Written By: Meredith Griffin I recently hit a milestone birthday and while I prefer to look out the front windshield of life, the...
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Streamline Teams
Nov 25, 20216 min read
Challenging, Changing, and Listening: The Experience of A Black Womxn Swim Coach
I am forced to navigate my voice and success in a community that is not represented by people who look like me.
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Streamline Teams
Nov 24, 20213 min read
Connection
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.
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Streamline Teams
Nov 23, 20214 min read
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...
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