

One hundredth of a second
Milt Nelms and US gold medalist Dana Vollmer In swimming, the difference between ‘winner’ and ‘loser’ is maddeningly small. Australian...


Introducing Milt Nelms : the Olympian's secret weapon
Pictured: coach Milt Nelms and former Australian Olympian Shane Gould. This is a missive from the edge of the earth - at the point where...


Achieve the Impossible: Introducing Professor Greg Whyte
I recently met sports scientist Professor Greg Whyte OBE, a principle advisor on CONTENDER, face-to-face for the first time. In my last...


In praise of WhatsApp
This week I have mostly focused on ‘AGATA,’ a play set within the British-Polish community in 2005. I’m further along with this piece...


Athletics for Beginners
I recently attended the World Aquatic Development Conference in Lund, Sweden. I said to Shane Gould* that I found the 'sacrifice' of...


WADC 2016
Last week I kicked off work on CONTENDER with a trip to Lund in Sweden for the 2016 World Aquatic Development Conference. As you can see,...