Between The Laps is where competitive swimmers and their parents get the coaching framework that elite programs use — the one that turns effort into results, and hard work into drop times.
Takes under 3 minutes · Free · No credit card
Your swimmer shows up every morning. They put in the yardage. They do the drills. And then they stand on the block at the championship meet and swim the same time they swam six months ago.
The problem is not effort. It is never effort.
It is the absence of a system — one that identifies the specific technical limiters costing real time, builds toward a seasonal peak, and trains the mental side of racing with the same precision as the physical side.
Find Your Specific Gaps →Times stop dropping despite consistent effort. The body has adapted to the training — because the training isn't designed to keep producing.
Practice performance doesn't transfer to meets. What a swimmer can do in the water and what they do on race day are two different things — and that gap is trainable.
Elite programs have a system behind every training decision. Most swimmers don't. That's not a talent gap. It's a framework gap.
Five pillars. Built from years on the pool deck. Applied to competitive swimmers at every level.
Identify the one or two specific technique limiters costing the most time. Not generic drill work — targeted fixes applied to real problems.
Every set has a defined physiological target — aerobic base, lactate threshold, VO2, race-specific conditioning. Yardage without purpose produces fitness without results.
October training is not March training. A complete seasonal architecture that aligns every phase with one goal: peaking at the right meet.
Who a swimmer is at the wall when it matters is trainable. Race identity is built deliberately — not discovered by accident on meet day.
The body improves during recovery, not training. Structured deload phases built into every block — because more volume is rarely the answer.
The free 5-Point Assessment identifies which of these pillars is costing your swimmer the most time right now.
Take the Assessment →The 5-Point Swim Acceleration Assessment takes under 3 minutes. It diagnoses exactly which areas of the Podium Method™ are costing your swimmer time, confidence, and results — and tells you where to focus first.
Take the Free Assessment →Free. No credit card. Personalized results in under 3 minutes.
Transforming the mental game of competitive swimming. Written for the swimmer who has the fitness but freezes when it counts — and the parent watching from the stands who doesn't know how to help.
The mental side of swimming isn't a personality trait. It's a trainable skill. This book is the framework for building it.
Not a course. Not a YouTube channel. A coaching system with a community built around it.
Get inside the community. See how the method works. Access select resources and open coaching threads.
The complete Podium Method™. Every tool, every coaching drop, every live session.
For athletes and families who want Coach Chris in their corner, directly.
You probably have an instinct about the answer. The assessment makes it specific — and tells you exactly where to start.