Tag Archives: high quality repetitions
You Gotta Fight For Your Right To…Hold Position?
In previous posts, we’ve covered some pretty major topics about getting your body organized. Essentially, the more joints that we eliminate, while maintaining the range of motion that is needed for our sport, the stronger, safer and more stabilized we are. Creating body position, like the hip hinge and learning active shoulder are essential. The […]
What If The Easiest Thing To Learn Is Actually The Hardest Thing To Perform?
A few days ago, my car was at the dealership for maintenance, so I got a rental as a loaner. When I returned the rental the next day, I waited a few minutes for the Enterprise guy to drop me off at dealership. When he got to the rental place, he took one look at the […]
Basic Movement Skill: Squat
The squat teaches athlete’s how to use their legs. It is an essential movement for anyone who stands, sits, jumps, walks or runs. Just like the pushup and the pullup, the cool thing about the squat is that it is not a leg movement. To do a proper, safe, high quality squat, you need to […]
Basic Movement Skill: Pushup
The push up teaches athlete’s how to hold their body and maintain the quality of their posture throughout the full range of motion. Like we talked about in the posture post, your ability to control your body, from your shoulders to your knees, determines a lot of your athletic ability. Just like with the pull […]
Basic Movement Skill: Pull up
There are a few basic movement skills that every athlete should master. The first of these would be a pull up. This movement is directly relevant to swimming because the patterning of the arm motion and where power and force are generated from are very similar. The mistake most athletes make is that they focus […]
Short, Quick Efficient Directions
What we say and how we say it to our athletes is one of the most important tools that Coaches have. Using consistent, very short feedback, or cues is essential to efficiently remind athletes to pay attention to a skill they are in the middle of mastering. The key to an efficient cue is first […]
The Power of Small Wins « The Talent Code
A great article from The Talent Code website about the importance of doing the little things right. The Power of Small Wins « The Talent Code: “Most of us instinctively spend a lot of time and energy seeking the big breakthrough: that magical moment when, after a lot of effort, everything finally clicks: when you […]
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