Olivier Poirier-Leroy
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Victoria, BC, Canada
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How Swimmers Can Stay Focused When Things Get Tough
A way to get through tough moments in training and competition is using "what ifs." Here's how to use them to steel yourself for adversity under pressure. → Read More
The Mental Strategy Caeleb Dressel Used to Win Five Olympic Gold Medals
At the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel won five gold medals under tremendous expectations. His strategy for dealing with pressure? Swimming one race at a time. → Read More
3 Ways Swimmers Can Get Better at Handling Pressure on Race Day
Swimmers often struggle to swim fast under pressure. Here are three things you can start doing at practice today to “choke proof” your swim meets. → Read More
3 Ways Swimmers Can Get More from Their Swim Practices
Swimming fast on race day means swimming well in practice. Here are three things swimmers can do to crank up their swim practices. → Read More
How to Be More Fearless During the Main Set
The main set is the meat potatoes of your swim practice. Are you giving it all of the effort that your swimming and big goals deserve? → Read More
3 Ways Swimmers Can Manage Distractions on Race Day
There’s lots going on when you step up on the blocks. Here is how to manage internal and external distractions so that you can swim fast when it matters most. → Read More
7 Ways for Swimmers to Build Confidence as Pre-Race Anxiety Kicks In
You've trained long and hard to perform your best on race day. Here is how to keep those pre-race jitters from holding you back from swimming like a champ. → Read More
Fast Swimmers Learn from Their Failures
Every swimmer will encounter adversity and failure on their journey in the pool. The fast swimmers are the ones who learn from their setbacks. → Read More
A Swim Practice to Help You Develop Legendary Closing Speed
This swim practice is designed to give you the endurance to come back strong on the back half of your races. Let's get after it. → Read More
My Favorite Trick for Helping Swim Practice Go By Faster
Swim practices can drag on when our mind wanders. Here is one of my favorite ways of staying 'in the moment' which will also help you swim faster. → Read More
Try this goal setting strategy if you are struggling with hard goals
Big goals are great. But often, open goals, or "curiosity goals" can be just the thing we need to accomplish hard things in the water. → Read More
Try This Dryland Tip to Fire Up Your Freestyle Kick
Want to power up your kick? Here’s a quick dryland tip you can use to unleash a faster and more powerful freestyle kick in the water. → Read More
Eddie Reese’s Favorite Sets for Getting Swimmers in Shape
The man. The legend. The staggering number of titles. Here are some of legendary swim coach Eddie Reese's favorite sets for getting swimmers in shape. → Read More
5 Mental Toughness Lessons from Olympic Champ Kieren Perkins
Kieren Perkins was the dominant distance swimmer of the 1990s. Here’s the legend’s advice on how swimmers can get mentally tough. Kieren Perkins was the dominant distance swimmer of the 1990s, with multiple world records and Olympic gold medals to prove it. Here’s the legend’s advice on how swimmers can get mentally tough. → Read More
Dana Vollmer: Stay Calm in the Storm by Finding Your Anchor
The pressure of competitive is very real. Here's one Olympian's advice on how to manage the stress and anxiety of racing. → Read More
7 Tips for Awesome Breaststroke Technique
Master the breaststroke with these seven tips for improving breaststroke technique from some of the best breaststrokers on the planet. → Read More
7 Tips for Improving Your Freestyle Technique
Faster freestyle swimming starts with efficient technique. Here are seven tips for improving your freestyle stroke technique. → Read More
5 Life Lessons You Will Get From Swimming
There is so much more to the sport of swimming than best times and endless morning workouts with your best friends. Here are 5 life lessons you'll pick up during your swimming career. → Read More
6 Sprint Swim Workouts for Bringing the Thunder
Bring the thunder in the pool with six sprint swimming workouts from the fastest swimmers and best coaches on the planet. → Read More
9 Training Habits of Elite Swimmers
You don't need to have designs on Olympic glory to use the same mindset and approach that elite swimmers use to dominate their swim practices. → Read More