Katie Ledecky: Train the Way You Want to Win
The 200m freestyle presented the biggest challenge of Katie Ledecky’s Rio schedule. Here is how she prepared for a gold medal finish in practice.
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The 200m freestyle presented the biggest challenge of Katie Ledecky’s Rio schedule. Here is how she prepared for a gold medal finish in practice.
Today I am going to talk about something that seems really obvious, and yet a staggeringly small number of us do it. It’s taking a
How often do you sit back and wonder if your goals in the water will happen? Daily? Hourly? Every time you dive into the water
One of the oldest and simplest tools available to swimmers is the log book. Olympic distance legend Janet Evans used one. Katie Ledecky uses one.
How deeply do the swimmers in your program buy into the swim practices? The team values? The culture? You likely already know the hyper-awesomeness that
Being present in the water helps you swim faster and more efficiently. Here’s how to do it.
Swimming performance is heavily influenced by the self-talk you use. Deploy motivational self-talk (“You got this!”) in your training environment to boost strength and endurance.
This is the story of the 1976 Olympic US Women’s 4×100 freestyle relay. How do you swim when you are lined up against a much
At the Los Angeles Olympics Jon Sieben dropped four seconds on his personal best time in one of the biggest upsets in Olympic swimming history. Here’s how he did it.
The relays are one of the most anticipated events on the Olympic swimming program. Here’s what happens when an Olympic legend is asked to give up his spot on a gold-medal winning relay.
