COACH CHRIS

You don’t choke because you’re unprepared.You choke because pressure hijacks the moment.

Between The Laps is the home of a mental performance system built specifically for competitive swimming—so swimmers stop tightening up, parents stop guessing what to say, and coaches stop losing athletes on race day.

Get clarity when pressure hits

profile
HOMEABOUTPRODUCTSSWIM ACCELERATOR

If any of this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place:

​

You feel incredible in warm-up… then flat in race one

You dominate practice… but races feel rushed or forced

One bad swim spirals into the rest of the meet

Your athlete is harder on themselves than any coach ever could be

​

This isn’t a confidence problem.
And it’s not a fitness problem.

It’s a pressure interpretation problem.

​

If pressure has ever taken more than it gave,
start with the system that was built for it.

Competitive swimmers are given terrible advice about pressure.

“Calm down.” • “Don’t think.” • “Just trust it.” • “Swim your own race.”

​

Those phrases sound good. They fail when pressure is real.
Elite performers don’t eliminate nerves. They learn how to use them.

Pressure isn’t a warning sign.
It’s a signal that the moment matters.

The swimmers who perform best aren’t calmer than everyone else. They’re clearer.

  • what to focus on
  • what to ignore
  • how to reset mid-meet
  • how to respond after a bad swim

​

That clarity doesn’t happen accidentally.

It comes from a system

​

​

Pressure to Podium

The Mental Performance Operating System for Swimmers

​

Pressure to Podium breaks down exactly what happens to swimmers under pressure—and how to train for it the same way you train starts, turns, or endurance.

  • Why nerves spike before important races (and why fighting them backfires)
  • How elite swimmers prepare mentally before, during, and after competition
  • The exact frameworks I use with swimmers, parents, and coaches on deck
  • How to build a shared language around pressure that eliminates fear and second-guessing

​

This is not motivation. It’s structure.

​

Start Here If You’re a…

Swimmer

You want races to finally match your training.

​

Parent

You want to support your child without adding pressure or saying the wrong thing.

Coach

You want your athletes to stop unraveling when it counts.

One system.
Different entry points.

​

​

​five stars

I opened Pressure to Podium with no expectations and found something far more impactful than a few tips. The frameworks in this book apply not only to my age-group swimmer, but to me as well. The neuroscience helped me understand my own mental blocks in the water. These methods go far beyond swimming—they’re life skills I’ll return to for years.

Rated by swimmers, parents, and coaches on ​Amazon​​

​

​

Train the System Inside Swim Accelerator

  • Weekly pressure-training themes tied to racing and practice
  • Race-week mental scripts swimmers actually use behind the blocks
  • Post-meet debrief tools to prevent spirals and burnout

​

This isn’t hype.
It’s repetition and reinforcement.
​

​

​
“𝐼 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 2:11/100 𝑦𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 1:53 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 10 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑚 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟!” ~
​

I’m Chris Da Sie.

I’m a former national-level swimmer and a performance coach with over 20 years on deck.

I’m not a general mindset guy.
I built this system inside the reality of swim meets.

After watching physically prepared athletes underperform again and again, one thing became clear:
Pressure doesn’t ruin races.
Misinterpreting pressure does.

Everything I teach—on deck, inside Swim Accelerator, and in ​Pressure to Podium​—exists to fix that.

​

If pressure has ever taken more than it gave,
start with the system that was built for it.

​

​

BETWEEN THE LAPS

Train for pressure. Perform with clarity.