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.

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• 1 Introduction—Searching the Landscape for a New Way SECTION 1Making Waves—An Introduction to Swimming andConstraints Task 2 Task Design 3 Advanced Set Construction—Adding Constraints toInfluence Skill 4 The Role of Language SECTION 2Manipulating Individual Constraints 5 Manipulating Physiology for Technical Development 6 Training Aids—Theoretical Considerations 7 Training Aids—Practical Applications SECTION 3Coaching 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 4Constraints in Action: Practical Examples for Coaching 13 Freestyle 14 Backstroke 15 Breaststroke 16 Butterfly 17 Underwater Kicking 18 Final Thoughts

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.

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• 1 Introduction—Searching the Landscape for a New Way SECTION 1Making Waves—An Introduction to Swimming andConstraints Task 2 Task Design 3 Advanced Set Construction—Adding Constraints toInfluence Skill 4 The Role of Language SECTION 2Manipulating Individual Constraints 5 Manipulating Physiology for Technical Development 6 Training Aids—Theoretical Considerations 7 Training Aids—Practical Applications SECTION 3Coaching 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 4Constraints in Action: Practical Examples for Coaching 13 Freestyle 14 Backstroke 15 Breaststroke 16 Butterfly 17 Underwater Kicking 18 Final Thoughts

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.

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• 1 Introduction—Searching the Landscape for a New Way SECTION 1Making Waves—An Introduction to Swimming andConstraints Task 2 Task Design 3 Advanced Set Construction—Adding Constraints toInfluence Skill 4 The Role of Language SECTION 2Manipulating Individual Constraints 5 Manipulating Physiology for Technical Development 6 Training Aids—Theoretical Considerations 7 Training Aids—Practical Applications SECTION 3Coaching 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 4Constraints in Action: Practical Examples for Coaching 13 Freestyle 14 Backstroke 15 Breaststroke 16 Butterfly 17 Underwater Kicking 18 Final Thoughts