Five books. One connected approach to understanding swimmer development, coaching decisions, performance evidence and the capabilities behind the results.
Explore the Capability Series in order, or begin with the topic that matters most to you. Select any book to read more about its focus.
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Also by Sergio Catania, in Italian: Oltre il Cronometro — Prestazione, capacità e sviluppo del nuotatore (Amazon.it)
The series examines complementary questions: why training sometimes disappoints, how swimmers change, what coaches can do, which evidence matters, and how capability is expressed in performance.
Look beyond race times and single-session judgements to understand how swimmers respond to training.
Connect training choices to the capability you intend to develop, and check what the swimmer demonstrates.
Bring training, testing and competition into a consistent conversation, without pretending that every measure means the same thing.
Connect the five books with the AthlyraX Framework and the education programme.
And How to Fix It by Seeing What Actually Matters
Understand why familiar training measures do not always explain a swimmer’s development.
A starting point for coaches, swimmers and parents who want to look beyond volume, effort and race times.
Understanding Progress, Adaptation and Development in Swimming
Explore the swimmer as an individual whose response changes across time and training demands.
Consider development as an evolving process rather than a single ranking or result.
Applying the Capability Framework in Practice
Translate a capability-led way of thinking into practical coaching questions.
Connect programme choices, athlete responses and the evidence needed to review both.
Understanding Swimming Capability Through Observation, Testing and Tracking
Look at how observation and testing can support a richer view of progress.
Build a useful evidence trail without mistaking one measurement for the full picture.
Understanding Swimming Performance Through Capability
Connect the different dimensions behind competitive swimming performance.
Use the same capability lens to think about training, testing and racing together.
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