Best of Wayne Goldsmith

This article on swimming parents originally ran a few years ago, but the heart of the piece remains true and unchanged. Take a few minutes to read the insights below and reflect on what the author is ...

5 Swim Sets You Have to Try Before You Die; Tell Us Your Favorite By Wayne Goldsmith Swim sets are like burgers. There's a lot of them in the world: Some are great, some are awful and some are just pl...

10 Swimming Coaching Approaches That Don't Make Sense Originally posted August 12, 2015 Like all sports and all industries, swimming has its fair share of myths, routines, habits, practices and ritual...

By Wayne Goldsmith. 20 x 100 on 1:45 16 x 200 on 2:30 40 x 50 on 1:00 6 x 400 on 6:15 Anyone who's had any involvement with the sport of swimming would be familiar with the concept of a Main Set. Thos...

Workouts Don't Matter. All this stuff about volume, intensity, frequency, heart rates, lactate, speed, power, endurance...it's doesn't really matter. None of it. Coaches spend hours and hours ponderin...