Short, practical guides to plan, share, and save time on the pool deck.
80 % des entraînements en aisance, 20 % à haute intensité. Ce modèle polarisé surpasse l'entraînement au seuil. La science le confirme depuis 2006, et en natation aussi.
Zone 2 and lactate threshold are not the same intensity. Understanding the difference changes how you programme your week. CSS and threshold protocols for coaches.
Your swimmers sleep less than 6 hours before morning sessions. Science shows this slows their progress, increases lactate and lengthens reaction time. Learn to program sleep like a training session.
Creatine is the most studied supplement in the world. In swimming, studies give unexpected results. What coaches need to know.
Working hard in the pool doesn't guarantee working at VO2max. The difference comes down to calculated pace, repetition duration and recovery times. Concrete protocols, poolside CSS test and 4-week progression.
Your swimmer shows up with a pizza in their stomach, or hasn't eaten in six hours. You don't control their plate, but you can educate them. A practical before/during/after guide for club coaches.
Volume, intensity, duration, sprint vs. endurance profiles: everything a coach needs to know to plan taper weeks for a mixed group and bring swimmers to peak form on race day.
Not another list of exercises. A framework for choosing the right drills based on observed faults, placing them at the right moment in the session, and making them progress throughout the season.
An effective camp doesn't happen by chance. Double sessions, managing cumulative fatigue, day-by-day progression: here's how to plan 5 to 10 days of intensive training that leave a real mark.
Notebook, spreadsheet, Notion or specialized app: an honest overview of the tools available for swimming coaches. Compare the approaches and choose the one that actually saves you time.
Recovery is not something that just happens. It is planned. Passive rest, active recovery, tapering: here is how to schedule rest days in your training week so that every session produces a real effect.
How many sessions, of what type, in what order: the week is the central unit of a coach's work. Discover how to structure it based on your group's level and the season phase, with three concrete examples to adapt directly.
Periodization is not reserved for national team coaches. Macrocycle, mesocycle, microcycle: here is how to structure a club season from September to June so your swimmers peak at exactly the right moment.
Interval training is not just "swimming fast with breaks". It's a precision tool: distance, recovery, intensity, number of repetitions. Each variable targets a distinct physiological adaptation. This guide explains how to manipulate them to programme sessions that genuinely progress.
The FFN conversion table tells you the seconds to add to your short-course times to get their long-course equivalent. But the actual gaps are often twice as large. Understanding why — and using the built-in calculator — changes how you prepare your swimmers.
Most coaches work three zones without knowing it. Understanding all five changes the way you plan an entire week.