Swimming

Yes, Mark Spitz is still considered the record holder for most gold medals won at a single Olympics.
 
Transcript: "So I believe it would still be Mark Spitz then, wouldn't it? We look back at our history. When Phelps won all his gold medals, it was Mark Spitz's record of gold medal haul that he broke. So I think it would still be considered Mark Spitz."

During training, work on first 50 at a comfortable speed, and then focus on 31.5 from the push when you are tired. Complete four sets of three reps of 31.5 with 30-40 seconds rest in between. This will help you reach your goal of 100-300 a minute.
 
Transcript: "Hi my friend, thank you for your question. 100-300 a minute, pretty basic. First 50, 28.5, work on it. Work on first 50, easy on 28.5 during training. More you are easy on 28.5, more you will be able to use all your energy for the backhand speed. And the second part of the training is of course work on 31.5 from the push when you are tired. So probably 12-100 with 30 seconds rest. Two, 50 at moderate speed, then go back on 31.5 when you are tired. And two easy, so it's four ones, replicate three times, three of ones like that. 30 seconds rest, 40 seconds rest if you need. But more you will be able to replicate the 31.5 when you are tired, more you will be able to go back to home on 31.5 and get your 100-300 a minute."

Beginners should practice with a snorkel to help them focus on their position, balance, and coordination while swimming instead of worrying about breathing.
 
Transcript: "When you're a beginner you principally organize your stroke to breathe. So you use your arm to balance and breathe. You use your legs to balance and breathe. You stop to push on your arms to breathe and you lose a lot of speed. At the same time that need a lot of mind load. So you can't be completely focused on your line or on how you catch because you are too much focused on breathing. When you use your snorkel you delete the breathing problem and you can be more focused on your position with your balance on how you catch water on coordination to maintain your speed. So start with the snorkel it's best idea for beginner and when you feel good you can you can add your breathe."

A tennis coach shared a story about the day he won the NC2A Championship and the point of the story was to take time to celebrate your wins and not just always look ahead to the next task.
 
Transcript: "So I remember a tennis coach telling me this story, you know, basically imparting a lesson upon me, telling me a story that the day they won the National, the NC2A Championship, NC2A title, later on that same day he found himself on the phone with a recruit and I think it was his wife who said to him, you know, what the hell are you doing? And his point to me was simple, it was you got to coach as you embark upon this journey of coaching at this elite level, because I was a little bit younger at the time, he said make sure you take time to celebrate the victories, don't always look ahead to the next task, take a moment to celebrate your little wins here and there, and the little wins meaning for him the NC2A Championship, so that's how, that was good advice on balancing, balancing that mindset."

When swimming freestyle, you want to keep your hands within a shoulder width and make sure that they don't cross over each other. Keep your elbows bent at a diamond-shaped angle and pull all the way up past your hip line. This will help you maintain your efficiency and power.
 
Transcript: "How close to my body should I pull when swimming freestyle? I'm going to give you like simple things. Ideally, I want you to picture your power zone. Your power zone, it's within your shoulder width. So definitely when swimming freestyle, you want to have a great length of stroke. So ideally, you want to get your hands as far off picking off your head, so that's going to allow you to have a better catch. My principal rule is, I like to move my hands along the same line as my shoulder because this is a power zone. That's where I can get the most efficiency pool. I'm very aware to not cross my hands because it's the result of crossing my hands, my hips are going to have to go to the opposite side. And the same thing happens if I move off my shoulder line, my hips are going to have to go to the other side, which caused me losing my line, losing efficiency, and not having as much power. So my general rule when swimming freestyle, it's having the elbow bent almost like hip to a diamond-shaped position where you're able to pull all the way up from the beginning of a stroke past your hip line. So focusing a good length of a stroke and power, knowing that your power zone is right here in front of you. Any time you move your hands out of your power zone, you're losing efficiency and you're losing line from your hips."

My biggest swimming pet peeves are people asking me what the workout is even though it's written in front of us, and people who don't know how to warm up in crowded meets.
 
Transcript: "My biggest swimming pet peeve is either people, not just they, when they keep asking me what the workout is, even though it's written right in front of us, that can get on my nerves and then when people leave right on your feet, so that's that is those are my two biggest ones and then to go off the second. One, Meet warm up. When it says, crowded meet absolutely drives me nuts. I hate warming up with people who don't know how to warm up."