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Swimming Articles
Extraordinary by Choice
n Kikinda, a provincial town in Serbia where I grew up, there were few organized sports for children. When I was nine years old, I had a childhood sweetheart old, who was a swimmer. Even at that age,
How to Prepare for and Survive an Olympic Games
With an Olympic Games, there are many distractions. I wasn’t really prepared for these when I went to my first Olympics in Barcelona, at 29 years of age. I didn’t know what to expect. It’s an enormous
Inside Olympic Swimming Coaching at the Elite Level
I was born and raised in the Netherlands, and have always been passionate about sport. As an athlete, I wasn’t great at it. I think I lacked talent, but I did love it and played a lot. The combination
A Lifetime of Olympic Swimming Lessons
From a rough beginning in Central Queensland, he has blazed a trail across the swimming world, attending 11 Olympic games, 5 of them as head coach for 3 different nations, and has coached swimmers to
Olympic Swimming Coaching at the Highest Level
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Coping with Success: David Lush on the Adversity of Winning
In 2004, after spending 15 years following the black line, chasing an Olympic Dream, it was time to hang up the goggles and cap. I had been lucky to represent my country a number of times and felt as
A Lifetime of Swimming: David Speechley on Coaching Engagement
Swimming coach David Speechley reflects on decades of poolside coaching and the engagement principles that keep athletes motivated for a lifetime in the sport.
Learning the Trade
One summer, a young coach from Townsville made the trip of a lifetime and went to study under the greats of US swimming at the time. Laurie Lawrence came back and became a legend himself.
Club Coaching vs High Performance Coaching
Coaching at the club level is very different to being a high performance coach.
Coaching in the COVID Era
Here is my detailed outline for a developing 25-year-old coach/trainer in today’s world. This is what I would do at 25 in order to develop as a world level coach with ambitions at the global level.