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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Mon, 28 May 2012 08:03:02 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Coaching</title><subtitle>Coaching</subtitle><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-03-02T05:57:50Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>A Ridiculous Record You Won't Find on the Books</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2011/3/2/a-ridiculous-record-you-wont-find-on-the-books.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2011/3/2/a-ridiculous-record-you-wont-find-on-the-books.html"/><author><name>Christian Bahr</name></author><published>2011-03-02T05:51:09Z</published><updated>2011-03-02T05:51:09Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[When you’ve got a medley relay stacked with names like Omar Pinzon, Ben Hesen, Shaune Fraser, and Raul Martinez you know that it’s going to be fast.  After all, Pinzon and Hesen are two of college swimming’s best ever backstrokers, and Fraser is one of the NCAA’s greatest flyers.  So what if Hesen has to do breaststroke?  With Fraser doing fly and Pinzon backstroke you could throw my grandmother on the relay and it’s still going to be solid!]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Thoughts about Breaststroke Breathing</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2011/2/14/thoughts-about-breaststroke-breathing.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2011/2/14/thoughts-about-breaststroke-breathing.html"/><author><name>Sergio Lopez</name></author><published>2011-02-14T18:51:28Z</published><updated>2011-02-14T18:51:28Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Breathing is probably the most important part of swimming.  At the end of the day, no oxygen no swimming, as it is also the most important part of life ;-)  Below find my thoughts on the importance of teaching the swimmers how to breathe properly when swimming breaststroke.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Power of a Team</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2011/1/19/the-power-of-a-team.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2011/1/19/the-power-of-a-team.html"/><author><name>Sergio Lopez</name></author><published>2011-01-19T17:29:13Z</published><updated>2011-01-19T17:29:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[When I came to the States in 1987, I thought of swimming as an individual sport and even though I was going to be part of the Indiana University Swimming & Diving team, I had no clue what a team really was.  Back in Barcelona, Spain I was part of one of the top teams in the country, but by no means was the concept of a team the same.]]></summary><link rel="enclosure" type="text/html" href="http://planetswim.squarespace.com/coaching/2011/1/19/the-power-of-a-team.html"/></entry><entry><title>It's Mental!</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/12/2/its-mental.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/12/2/its-mental.html"/><author><name>Marcos Lopez-Miro</name></author><published>2010-12-02T22:34:40Z</published><updated>2010-12-02T22:34:40Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Most of the training done by athletes is mainly focused on working the physical muscles.  Little or nothing is done to work the mental muscles.  I think it is striking that most athletes are not aware of the need to work on the mental side of the sport until later on in their professional life (if they ever get there).  Because of this unawareness, young and promising athletes are lost due to mental burn down.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Why Coaching?</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/11/28/why-coaching.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/11/28/why-coaching.html"/><author><name>Sergio Lopez</name></author><published>2010-11-28T15:15:59Z</published><updated>2010-11-28T15:15:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[As long as I can remember I have always wanted to be a coach.   Growing up it was swimming that taught me about myself, about setting goals, failing, and being successful.  Honestly, it was swimming that unveiled to me a way of life which I found fulfilling.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Swimming Lesson #1: Grumpy Isn't Always Good</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/11/3/swimming-lesson-1-grumpy-isnt-always-good.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/11/3/swimming-lesson-1-grumpy-isnt-always-good.html"/><author><name>Christian Bahr</name></author><published>2010-11-04T02:37:54Z</published><updated>2010-11-04T02:37:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Emily is a late bloomer. Not that she isn’t a fast swimmer, she just hasn’t gone as fast as a number of her peers. That’s okay. I was a late bloomer, so late that I was nearly 18 years old when I made my first Junior National cut but within the next three years I was on the U.S. National Team representing the stars and stripes on the international stage. It is okay to be a late bloomer. But it does one no good if the swimmer loses patience and opts to try something else.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>What is Next in Breaststroke?</title><id>http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/11/3/what-is-next-in-breaststroke.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.planetswim.org/coaching/2010/11/3/what-is-next-in-breaststroke.html"/><author><name>Joszef Nagy</name></author><published>2010-11-04T01:47:20Z</published><updated>2010-11-04T01:47:20Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[No one seriously thinks that breaststrokers will swim the same way in 20 years as they do today. So, we must think about new solutions continuously, taking into consideration the given rules. Any new method of breaststroke can have two goals only:]]></summary></entry></feed>
