How Far Will You Go?
Mar 8th
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Eliot
Swim Tips
Feb 8th
At one point last year I could swim decent. This year I want to swim well ALL year. I will be utilizing the website below to help enhance my swimming abilities.
http://www.swimsmooth.com/intermediate.php
The website has everything from stroke / body position analysis to speed techniques and workouts.
Good Leaders
Jan 30th
Good leaders try to build trust & confidence
Good leaders always take time to listen
Good leaders are always patient in stressful situations
I think this comes from Lee Iaccoca.
10 Fundamentals of Creating a High Performance Settings
Jan 30th
The ten fundamental laws of having a great high performance sports system are:
- Find talented athletes (i.e. put in place a talent id program);
- Increase (effective and targeted) funding to high performance sport;
- Increase the focus on finding, training and developing world class coaches;
- Increase the focus and funding for sports science, sports medicine and analysis technologies;
- Increase the access to high quality international sporting competitions;
- Provide world class high performance sports facilities, e.g. training facilities, gymnasiums, competition venues;
- Recruit, train and retain quality sports management staff;
- Put in place ongoing “audit” and continuous improvement systems;
- Invest in the latest equipment, technology and IT;
- Manage the system through an integrated high performance sports system network – typically Academies and Institutes of Sport.
This is from a recent Sports Coaching Brain Article. Great read. However a good setting only creates a setting it does not create winning athletes.
2009 Ironman World Championship on Youtube
Jan 25th
Someone managed to post the NBC Coverage of the 2009 Ironman World Championships on Youtube. Find it here