This study deals with a specific and innovative aspect of long-term performance-planning in swimming: cognition-based technique training. Based on the studies of Thomas Schack on the cognitive architecture of movements, the cognition-based technique training method was developed and proved the first time in swimming. The study applies the program `Split`, which has already been successfully used in other sports. Split uses distance scaling between the elements of a system of concepts to measure conceptual structures. To evaluate the potential introduction of cognition-based technique training in long-term performanceplanning of swimmers, biomechanical criteria were used.
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