Dick Hannula
Coach Hannula has coached and managed numerous international teams for Team USA including the Olympics and Pan American Games.
He served as commissioner of the Goodwill Games, and was president of ASCA. He is the all-time winningest high school coach as he led Wilson High School (Tacoma, WA) to 24 consecutive Washington state high school championship and 323 dual meets without a loss. Dick authored Coaching Swimming Successfully and co-edited The Swim Coaching Bible Volume 1 and 2 with Nort Thornton. He has given ISCA permission to share more than 160 of his articles and interviews with our readers.
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Clean or Dirty. Flashback to 1996
by Dick Hannula The World Swimming Coaches' Association was leading the way in an unprecedented attempt to bring the doping situation in swimming under control. This became -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Heart Rate Variability & Pulse Rate
Heart rate variability from Mark Rauterkus The pulse rate is a valuable tool for getting a somewhat better picture of the effects of training. It is -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Environments
ENVIRONMENT Some facilities are inspirational and somehow connote the idea that fast swimmers live there What do you do to make your pool feel like -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Views Vital for Success
By Nort Thornton via Dick Hannula Ideas Nort believed to be vital for success. The first thing: Try to create a team and an atmosphere of togetherness -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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I.M. Test Sets
By Bill Sweetenham with Dick HannulaOne-hundred-percent correct is 100-percent correct. Ninety-nine-percent correct is 100-percent wrong. Measure the measurable.Control the controllable.Where you have both the measurable -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Racing Starts
by Dick Hannula, Daniel Lynch When learning the best technique of starting, always practice in safe, deep water.FRONT START TECHNIQUE TIPS:At the starting signal, the head -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Core Principles for Success
by Bill Sweetenham via Dick Hannula Under Achievements Of recent times, and in particular over the last month, I have watched several of Australia's international sporting -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Tips for a Parent Booster Organization
Every park and recreation department that has an aquatic program has the opportunity and the incentive to support a competitive swimming program in their aquatic -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Train and Teach Technique
by Dick Hannula The major emphasis on great training has to be coordinated with equal emphasis on stroke technique. When training the swimmers on your high school -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Thoughts on a New Season
by Dick Hannula At the start of every school year comes a new season and new challenges.Every new school year presents the opportunity of a new -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Team Building
by Dick Hannula Competitive swimming is a team sport. We coach a sport that is often referred to as an individual sport. Well, the conventional -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Training Sets from an Olympic Training Camp
by Dick HannulaA persistent challenge for coaches is constructing training sets that lead to attaining the goals for that session, and that season.Many practices may -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Tough is …
by Dick Hannula and adapted from an Australian Swim Coaches' Assn. Magazine Article Comments What is toughness? How would you measure tough? Is it mental? Is it physical? Can you -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Think Winning! Attitudes.
by Dick Hannula What is winning? Winning is the attainment of a desired result, the attaining of a goal. Winning means to succeed. It doesn't -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Motivation
by Dick Hannula Definitions: discipline and motivation. Discipline: Doing the things you don't want to do is called discipline. Motivation: Doing the things that are fun and you -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Hashtag: Turkeys and Plunkers worked in a fun / serious way with team culture back in the day
by Dick Hannula Question: Have we gone overboard on positive feedback? Giving only positive feedback is not the best way to build a successful, winning team's culture -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Training Aids
by Dick Hannula and CLOH.org What is a gem? What is a gimmick? A gem can easily be classified as a gimmick, and vice versa. The dictionary depicts a -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Swimming Downhill
by Dick Hannula and Richard Thornton Perspectives A coach needs to observe his or her swimmers from as many positions as possible. An important viewing angle is -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Swimming Success
by Dick Hannula Long range swimming success depends on a number of factors. The right combination of these factors increases the probability of success for each swimmer.Do -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Organize Your Own Clinic
By Dick Hannula Camps and Clinics Clinics are generally one-day events. Some might go on for two days. Camps are generally occur throughout the course of a few -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Random Thoughts for Athletes at a Clinic
by Dick Hannula Whatever makes swimmers and coaches better able to achieve faster swims should be material for another lesson.The trick is to be able to -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Perfect Stroke, The Results of Perfect Practice
By Dick HannulaThe best technique combined with proper training produces the best results.Drills are an effective method to train technique.Emphasize how a drill should be -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Training Protocols Simplified
by Bill Sweetenham, via Dick Hannula Presence of Abnormal, Absence of Normal Reflecting on what, exactly, the Olympics represent to swimming, and how the Olympics are unlike -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Factors for Success
by Dick Hannula Factors for success. The factors that count are, said Nort Thorton: mental toughness, range of motion, flexibility, technique, aerobic and anaerobic fitness, -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Meet recap: 2006 Pan Pacs in Victoria, BC, Canada
THE PAN PAC CHAMPIONSHIP Meet, 2006, by Dick Hannula The 2006 Pan Pacific Championship Meet in Victoria,, B.C, Canada, was hosted in a remarkably fast, -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Old Fashioned Work: We Earn It
by Dick Hannula T-shirt motto of the Tacoma Swim Club t-shirt: The Old Fashion Way: We EARN it!! Some coaches have been saying that USA youth have -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Australian Institute of Sport, visitor’s insights
by Dick Hannula, guest coach at AIS for one week in September 1993 for a National Talent Identification Camp for 13 and 14 years History Flashback The -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Warmups
by Dick Hannula Warm ups don't seem to get the respect that they deserve. At swim competitions, swimmers seem to prepare inadequately to swim fast -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Back to Basics: What Makes a Great Coach?
Howard Firbyby Dick Hannula Conventional wisdom: Great swimmers make great coaches. The recognition that goes with coaching great swimmers, world record holders, identifies that coach as something -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Background on China’s swimming from American’s viewpoint
China, a Power Dragon of World Women's Swimming by Dick Hannula The Chinese women swimmers surfaced as a dominant world power in women's swimming in their national -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Freestyle pulling insights, old and new
by Dick Hannula What's New and What's Not Newspaper interview with USA Olympic women's coach, Jack Nelson, in 1975 asked about new training methods and their contribution -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Bultman on Backstroke
notes from Dick Hannula Coach Steve Bultman points out that it is possible to communicate with backstroke swimmers with their faces out of the water -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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History: hand paddles
originally by Dick Hannula Paddle assisted swimming was used from the very early days of swimming. Paddles were designed to make power training and skill -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Potpourri
by Dick Hannula Many times, a simple one-line expression can make an impact in coaching. One of the most significant statements was by a sports psychologist at -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Nort Thornton on High School Swimming
by Dick Hannula Coach Nort Thornton, when he was the head coach of the men's team at Cal Berkeley.Nort Thornton, University of California head men's swim -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Presentation and Steve Bultman bio
reported by Dick Hannula Steve Bultman, Texas A&M and ISCA Hall of Fame High school and university coaches attempt to bring swimmers from rough stone to a -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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New Season Considerations
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National Level Training
by Dick Hannula Coaches with national-level programs provided essential insights for training throughout the swimming year. All swim coaches, including the seasonal high school swim -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Magic Touch – revisited
by Dick Hannula Coaches can see far more in the elevated spectator area than you see at deck level.When watching swimming competition as a spectator, it -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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History of Swim Training
by Dick Hannula All coaches are challenged through their coaching careers to plan meaningful and beneficial training sessions for our teams. Every training session should be an -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Hidden Training
by Dick Hannula The expression, “more than meets the eye,” addresses those activities by athletes that occur outside of the pool or training area. What occurs when -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Speed Training
by Dick Hannula There is a need to swim fast in training throughout the season.Coaches, do not wait until the aerobic-endurance-base-training period is completed before getting -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Motivation with high school swimmers
by Dick Hannula To motivate is to provide with a motive (that within an individual which incites the person to action). Motivational hacks from a coaching friend: bribes, profanity,lies, -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Tapers and Peak Preparation
Race preparations and taper. Tip from Forbes Carlile, Australian Olympic Coach A swimmer who has trained hard should need not be afraid of doing less -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Laws of Success in Coaching, Swimming and Beyond
by Dick Hannula Laws are in random order. All are important. Laws are pieces of the puzzle in the quest for success. You may add -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Interview with Nathan Adrian
by Dick Hannula Nathan Adrian, the American Record holder for the 50 and 100 yard freestyle sprint races, was a member of Tacoma Swim Club, founded -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Terry Gathercole, AUS Breastroke coach, interview
by Dick Hannula Terry was coaching breastrokers and sprinters with the Australian Institute of Sports.Swimmers were into the taper for the 1991 World Championship Trials. After -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Your Greatest Power: The Power to Choose
by Dick Hannula The central theme of "Your Greatest Power" is that these choices are yours and the RESPONSIBILITY for these choices belong to you -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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Interview with Doc Counsilman
by Dick Hannula Dr. Jim Counsilman stepped down after 33 years as University of Indiana swim coach after guiding the Hoosiers to 23 Big 10 and -> Read More / Go to lesson if logged in member.
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