Read moreSwimming Doesn't Define You - These Eight Characteristics Do!14 June 2022In the June issue of Swimming World, Wayne Goldsmith takes a look at some of the characteristics which define swimmers, such as hard work and being a great teammate. Who you are is not based on your swimming accomplishments. The qualities and capabilities you learn in training to be a swimmer help c...
Read more245 Grueling Swim Sets That Will Provide a Test; Tell Us a Favorite05 May 20225 Grueling Swim Sets That Will Provide a Test; Tell Us a 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 plain ordinary burgers. Here are 5 swim sets you have to try before you die. A great swim set has to i...
Read more1Goldminds: How to Become a Better Swimmer By Doing Nothing* (Sort Of)09 April 2022Goldminds: How to Become a Better Swimmer By Doing Nothing* Get Swimming World Magazine and Swimming World Biweekly FREE When You Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame New! 30 Day Membership to ISHOF AND Digital Swimming World Subscription for just $10 a month! Want more? Get a ...
Read more105 Hard Choices To Swim Successfully13 March 2022By Wayne Goldsmith (From the Archive) So you want to swim successfully? It's your choice! It's as simple as swimming the Hard way! The Easy Way - Hard Way Concept: Want to know why good swimmers become great and great swimmers become unbeatable? Simple. Because they understand the "Easy Way - Hard...
Read more132Swimming Parents: Top-10 Ways They Can Get Under a Coach's Skin31 August 2021This 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 saying. It could be helpful in generating harmony between key parties in a swimmer's life. By Wayne ...
Read moreGennadi Touretski – Recollections Of A Swimming Genius During His Days Down Under21 August 2020Gennadi Touretski passed away earlier this month, Swimming World's obituary accompanied by tributes, including one from swimmers who worked with him, at the helm Alexander Popov. Here, Wayne Goldsmith reflects on Touretski's time Down Under and the legacy he left world swimming. Commentary: This co...
Read more10 Swimming Coaching Approaches That Don't Make Sense13 June 202010 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 rituals which everyone does...but that doesn't necessarily make them right. Swimming coaching can be a gam...
Read moreThe Main Set: A Revolution in Swimming Workouts12 June 2020By 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. Those combinations of repeats and rest times (intervals) that are the focus - the emphasis of all swimmi...
Read moreWorkouts Don't Matter...If...11 June 2020Workouts 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 pondering, "do we 6 x 200 or 7", "should we hold 1:40 or 1:35 on this set", "should this kick set be 600 met...
Read moreSwim Training: How Much Should We Be Doing?09 June 2020Swim Training: How Much Should We Be Doing? By Wayne Goldsmith Introduction: I've had numerous poolside conversations, attended over 50 hours of lectures and workshops at major swimming conventions in the U.S., Australia and Great Britain, enjoyed many, many long phone calls and SKYPE calls, had cou...
Read more10Wayne Goldsmith: How To Handle The World's Dumbest Swimming Workout05 June 2020Wayne Goldsmith: How To Handle The World's Dumbest Swimming Workout How many articles, blog posts, magazine features and text books have you read about swimming workouts? How many web articles have you seen that start with something like "The 10 best speed workouts" or "The best ever distance workou...
Read more85 Things You Must Do If You Want to Fail at Swimming27 May 2020Wayne Goldsmith There's a lot of swimming articles about how to be successful: bet you've never read one that will tell you 5 Things You Must Do If You Want to Fail at Swimming. There must be a lot of swimmers who prefer to fail than to succeed.....because in every squad, in every city, in every nat...
Read more1What is Coaching? A List That Highlights What Makes a Successful Coach25 May 2020Coaching A variety of factors and traits determine if an individual is a superb coach, somewhere in the middle or not very good at the profession. In this article, Wayne Goldsmith examines some of the characteristics that define an individual as a high-quality coach. The piece is heavy on being a mo...
Read more913 Signs Of a Bad Coach17 May 2020By Wayne Goldsmith. It's easy to spot a good coach - energy, passion, enthusiasm, dedication, connection with their swimmers, knowledge...and it's just as easy to identify terrible coaches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcT93A_6s4E&t=7s So how do you identify terrible coaches? Terrible coaches "Te...
Read more420 Things Coaches CAN Do To Be A Lighthouse For Swimmers In Corona Season13 May 2020Wayne Goldsmith Can’t Coach In The Pool? Can’t Coach In The Gym? Coronavirus-crunched on all sides? Coaches, ask not what you can't do but what you CAN do, writes Wayne Goldsmith, exclusively for Swimming World. One thing I’ve learned about coaches is – they’re always – ALWAYS – thinking a...
Read moreSetting Goals ... And How to Achieve Them; Live in the Moment04 May 2020Setting Goals (Wayne Goldsmith) Exchange your hopes for “actions,” trade in your wishes for “commitment” and swap your dreams for “goals” - and you’ll be on your way to realizing your full potential! How many times have you thought or said, “This year will be the year I swim faster than ever and sma...
Read more10Six Key Lessons From Coaching Legends That Should Be Adopted03 May 2020By Wayne Goldsmith (On Coaching Legends) Through the years, Wayne Goldsmith has had the opportunity to attend and speak at some of the world's most prestigious and important swimming coaching conferences, including The Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) Convention, the Amer...
Read more43Swim Parents: Top-10 Things They Don't Like to See From a Coach29 April 2020Swimming Coaches & Parents Yesterday, we ran a previously published piece in which Wayne Goldsmith took a look at 10 things parents do that irritate coaches. Well, there is another side of that coin. So, Goldsmith also took a glance at things that coaches do that get to parents. Those points are emp...
Read moreMyth-Busting, Beyond The Box Of Swim Rituals & Seven Skills Steps To Performance [Videos]08 April 2020 Last year, Wayne Goldsmith put together a series of terrific short videos while he was on tour in the UK and Ireland, writes Craig Lord. I was lucky enough to be at the Swim Ireland clinic at which coaches learned just how important it is to challenge some of the myths of swimming in the way the...
Read more47Can't Swim? Here Are 25 Things You CAN Do To Stay In The Zone & Get Fighting Fit21 March 2020Can’t Swim? Can’t Gym? Coronavirus-crunched on all sides? Ask not what you can't do but what you CAN do. Here are 25 things You CAN Do While Training and Racing Are on Hold - from Wayne Goldsmith, exclusively for Swimming World. You’ve been told that your next Swim Meet has been cancelled. The one y...