I love coaching swimming. I have coached every level of swimming from age groupers to masters swimmers to elite athletes on the journey to become world champions. There are so many brilliant aspects of coaching from simply being on deck, and the relationships you make, to the puzzle of unlocking an individual's potential. I have obsessed for years with the art of session writing. I think success in the pool starts with good session planning and season periodisation and then everything else will be built on top of that. Quality sessions will not only lead to the necessary physiological gains needed for improved performances on race day but also an engaging practice can lead to better focus on technique and skills. Over the last 10 years coaching some of the best swimmers and working with the most esteemed coaches, I have learnt the following truths:

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• Sessions need to be specific

• Speed development is overlooked

• Sessions should always have a technical focus

• Long, boring sessions lead to slow racing and bad technique

• You can improve with fewer sessions

• You can personal best at any age

• Training for a 50 is very different to training for a 1500

• Don’t accept generalised, blanket training

 

Using everything I have learnt, I have put together a range of products and memberships so that swimmers all over the world can break through plateaus and once again swim personal bests. So instead of Google searching “masters swimming clubs near me” or putting up with a coach who keeps giving you a generalised training plan you know just isn’t working for you, you can access world-class coaching that will truly elevate you as a swimmer and have you more excited to go training than ever before.

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I have recently renamed my main online swimming training program the “Personal Best Membership” because it has led over 100 swimmers worldwide to swim their fastest-ever times. These swimmers have competed in a wide range of events (50m freestyle, 200y butterfly, 400m individual medley, you name it) and have been as young as in their teens to as old as in their 60s, and yet still they managed to swim a lifetime best. These PBs have led to winning championships, setting national records and even achieving world records. 

 

So if you are reading this, be it as a masters swimmer who doesn’t want to accept getting slower every meet, someone in college who has no access to a squad or simply an individual who is lost trying to get back to having a positive relationship with swimming, look no further because here is your solution.