Framework
Understanding development through capability.
Training provides stimulus, testing provides controlled evidence, and competition shows expression under pressure.
Coach context
Coach notes, observations, and swimmer context support interpretation, but they are not scored as separate capability axes.
Eight Axes
Technical Control, Efficiency, Robustness of Efficiency, Aerobic Capacity, Anaerobic Capacity, Power and Speed Expression, Adaptability, Durability.
Purpose
Support clearer interpretation and more consistent decisions across the season.
Boundary
The framework supports judgement; it does not replace coaching judgement.
Further reading
The Capability Series
The five-book Capability Series develops the same swimming capability ideas in greater depth, from recognising why training is not transferring into performance through adaptive coaching, measurement and the interpretation of competition.