Tag: Planning
Artistic Athletes: create art through your sport
As a swimmer, I’ve been schooled about the importance of ‘rest and recovery’ for years.
It has fallen on persistently deaf ears until recently.
A year...
What Happens When You Lose?
It’s easy to put all of your time and energy into winning. It makes you feel good and provides great pleasure.
However, here’s the thing:...
Part 3. Goal setting makes all the difference
For a long time I thought the idea of goal setting was a waste of time - a tedious task that stands in the...
Part 2. Why treating athletes individually is a must
In last week’s blog I left you with an important question to consider: whose responsibility is it to drive training motivation in youth athletes?
As...
How to motivate your athletes without being over the top: Part...
Part 1 . Turn Up Ready To Work Hard
Skills can be trained, unlike a person’s height.
Training your skills is less about your genes and...
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5 Reasons Why Competition is Good (and bad) for your Child
What does the word ‘competition’ bring to mind? Is all competition a good thing? How do you distinguish between helpful competition and that which...
Implementing a set programme into your swim sessions
Training sets and fitness goals are a great way to improve your current swimming ability. More often than not, I see people swimming lap...
50 Questions Every Youth Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Asking good questions is an excellent way to assess your performance and become more in tune with what to focus on to get better.
At...
Weight training and cardio – together or separate?
Which should I do first - cardio or weights? Is doing cardio better than lifting weights for me? These are two questions I’ve found...
A Deep Dive into our Muscles
Muscles. We are all made up of them, and in fact, we have around 600 of them. Just because you may have some that...
