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This is part 2 of my 3 part series focused on creating healthy cultures in the world of sport. In this article we will address...

There are 3 top reasons Dragon Boat paddlers participate in a dry land fitness program. They are: Become a strong paddler: build strength with progressive...

Getting low body engagement so we can utilize leg drive powers our catch. It's the big muscles we use at our catch that gives us...

Learn to use a handy proper that helps the #dragonboatpaddler create the linear movements required in low body rotation to align the knees and hips!...

Top arm drive is the power we have access to when we can stack the shoulders in the setup of our rotation and then de...

Core rotation is the "power house" of our dragon boat technique yet can be super difficult to utilize if we can't fire the full core...

This video shows a simple yet effective shift we can make in the pelvis to engage the glute power used in our leg drive. When...

Your best thinking got you here. Lining up to the start line. Getting these results. Feeling like you do. Doubt, denial and fear are the...

If your team or club is experiencing conflict as a result of some paddlers wanting to be more competitive while others do not, here are the four "P's" that need to...

I have spent the last 3 weeks, head down, writing water progressions. It's a ton of work to get all these numbers jiving into a...

I recently worked with a new coach that is coaching a novice team. I asked her what she found to be the most challenging issues....

Hey coaches, this is for you. And if you are a paddler, you may be interested to know how your coach gets you race ready. Three...

A story that has a point, I promise: During my time spent as a salon owner I had a business coach that instilled this concept...

I flailed along paddling for over 16 years in the world of dragon boating. I had the same issues in my stoke for many years....

If you are knocking off killer sessions of intense pieces and working harder than ever and not seeing results I can guarantee your not focused....

After coaching top athletes and training to become one I have been studying why some people succeed and others don't. I wondered if there were...

In this article I want to explain the very common mindset of investment attitudes as it encompasses a few of the others. This mindset is...

Here are some of the mistakes I see coaches make when they don't utilize energy system training methods: Training on and off the water without...

In this article I will address how us coaches can get our paddlers "dialed in" to training in a yearly cycle by showing them how...

I recently went through a situation where a team I coached was to attend a competition with the intention of racing a 200M sprint, 500M...

The things that are hard to do and are the things we have to do require a disciplined mind. And discipline is one of the...

Visual programming is the format used to download your vision of your highest self who is a top athlete, gold medalist, champion and achieves their...

Programming the mind and emotions is no different than the progressive training we do with the body. In fact, at this time in our lives...

If you are an athlete who is currently partaking in a dry land training program I would like to challenge you to create a rest...