Stabilization Having acquired the desired technical skills, it’s time to make sure those skills are robust enough to hold up under the...

Channeling Skills During the first stage of the skill acquisition process, a large amount of variability was introduced. At this point,...

Destabilization As described in the introductory article, facilitating technical change is best effected through a 3-step process where...

As any coach can attest, technical change is a very difficult process, particularly in older age group and senior swimmers. The typical...

On several occasions, I have argued that the appropriate implementation and creation of training tasks is a superior approach to...

In several posts, I have described an approach that relies less on verbal coaching instruction. I have also advocated for an approach...

Anatoliy Bondarchuk was an Olympic Champion in the hammer throw (1972). He coached ALL 3 Olympic medalists in the hammer throw in 1976...

As coaches, we want to develop technically robust swimmers who are able to execute their skills in any context. Better swimmers are more...

Swimmers tend to swim a certain way for a reason. Coaches intuitively understand that a 5’0” female with size 1 feet can’t swim like Ian...

As described in the first part of this series, the creation of appropriate tasks is the first step when enhancing effective skill...