Brushstroke 17. You are what you do between training sessions.
I’ve been in China for a week now, in my host province: Guizhou, where I’ll be staying for another three weeks. As always, I can only
Brushstroke 16: Nietzsche, Resentment, and Athletic Goals
“If your sign is to burn, then burn fully— Your shirt, your yard, your health. If you must burn one way or another, Then burn
Brushstroke 15. The best execution is not the imagined one — it’s the possible one.
The first Canoe Slalom World Cup is approaching, and as every year, that familiar and unsettling feeling returns: the impression of not being fully prepared.
Brushstroke 14. When is it enough?
Today, on the banks of the Parc del Segre —venue of the first Canoe Slalom World Cup of 2025— I was speaking with a veteran
Brushstroke 13. See with different eyes.
One of the most common mistakes we make when analyzing athletic performances in Canoe Slalom has to do with how we interpret what we see.
Brushstroke 12: Athlete, that void you feel is your own freedom.
The reader might think I’m a bit obsessive with my references to Jean-Paul Sartre. The truth is, there’s something in his reasoning that really resonates
Brushstroke 11: Your Training Sessions, the Donut Seller, and the Virgin of Guadalupe
Years after the Civil War, my grandparents opened a bar next to the Sanctuary of Guadalupe in Hondarribia. It was the second business they ran;
Brushstroke 10. Leadership and Mediterranean Diet.
I’ve been in China for a month now, training and advising athletes and technical staff in Guizhou province, located in the south-central part of this
Brushstroke 9: It’s not where you come from, it’s where you’re going.
This insight is very brief. Over the years, coaches develop an almost immediate instinct for identifying athletes who struggle to be “coachable.” A recent study
Brushstroke 8: The hobbissional approach: between hobby and profession
“When it comes to our hobbies, we should be underqualified. When it comes to our profession, we should be overqualified.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Lebanese