1 Introduction—Searching the Landscape for a New Way
SECTION 1
Making Waves—An Introduction to Swimming and
Constraints Task
2 Task Design
3 Advanced Set Construction—Adding Constraints to
Influence Skill
4 The Role of Language
SECTION 2
Manipulating Individual Constraints
5 Manipulating Physiology for Technical Development
6 Training Aids—Theoretical Considerations
7 Training Aids—Practical Applications
SECTION 3
Coaching Principles for Effecting Change
8 Theoretical Principles for Skill Adaptation
9 Principles for Skilled Swimming
10 A Systematic Approach to Change
11 Strategies for Increasing Variability in Practice
12 Solving Complex Movement Problems with Constraints
SECTION 4
Constraints in Action: Practical Examples for Coaching
13 Freestyle
14 Backstroke
15 Breaststroke
16 Butterfly
17 Underwater Kicking
18 Final Thoughts
Biography
Andrew Sheaff is currently an assistant swimming coach at the University of Virginia. Since 2017, he has helped the team achieve multiple national team championships and multiple individual champions, as well as break multiple NCAA and American records. Internationally, team members have represented the United States, winning Olympic and World Championship medals. Sheaff has also made coaching stops at Northwestern University, Bucknell University, and the University of Maryland, working with championship winning athletes at the conference, NCAA, and international level. Originally from Boston, MA and Philadelphia, PA, Sheaff swam collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a senior athlete of distinction.
