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How much training is right for me (or how cake baking can help you swim faster!!!)
Without doubt the toughest question in swimming to answer is “How much training is right for me?”
Coming up with the right swimming training program has often been described as being a bit like making a cake.
When you make a cake, you follow a recipe which specifies how much flour, how much butter, how much milk, how many eggs, how long to bake in the oven, what temperature to set the oven for – yummy I can almost taste it now!
If you add too much butter, no eggs and five pounds of flour more than the recipe needs, then cook it for three hours at a high temperature, you get a mess more like a brick than a dessert!
Training is a mix of the right things done at the right time in the right quantities.
It all starts with your training plan – your “recipe” for success. Read more
March 1, 2010 | 4 Comments
Tags: For Swimmers, swim, swimming, Swimming Coaching, Swimming Competition Tips, Swimming Racing Tips, Swimming Science, Swimming Technique, Swimming Training Tips
Questions you always wanted to ask your coach but were afraid to ask.
- Did you ever want to ask your coach a question but couldn’t find the right way of asking the question?
- Did you ever have something you wanted to say to your coach but couldn’t find the right moment?
- Did you ever want to sit down with your coach and discuss some stuff you have been wondering about but never had the chance?
Well – here’s your chance!
Questions you always wanted to ask your coach but were afraid to ask! Read more
December 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Tags: Mental Skills and Attitudes, Swimming Coaching, Swimming Competition Tips, Swimming Racing Tips, Swimming Technique, Swimming Training Tips
Swimming Psyche Outs. How to be in control, confident and composed when faced with psyche outs (and how to use them to your advantage!!). Part One.
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it.” John ruskin
How many times do you hear a football player or baseballer or basketballer say something like “It was tough out there today. The other team really psyched us out”.
Sportspeople talk about the psyche out as something someone else did to them – that someone somehow did something mystical or magical that impacted on their performance.
Lots of people talk about psyching out…………..so what is it?
What is a psyche out? Read more
November 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Tags: Mental Skills and Attitudes, Swimming Coaching, Swimming Racing Tips, Swimming Technique, Swimming Training Tips
How to Put Together a Great Championship Program – 50 ideas for a Positively, Powerfully, Perfect Program – Part Three.
Part three of How to Put Together a Great Championship follows….almost immediately: Read more
October 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Tags: For Swimming Clubs and Swimming Associations, swim, swimming, Swimming and Parenting, Swimming Coaching, Swimming Competition Tips, Swimming Racing Tips
How to Put Together a Great Championship Program – 50 ideas for a Positively, Powerfully, Perfect Program – Part One.
Club championships programs are not easy to put together – after all, you are usually racing the same people you see day after day after day after day after day……. (you get the idea).
Many clubs lament that their Club Championships are not well supported and are generally disappointing in terms of attendance and commitment from swimmers and families. Well guess what??? It’s your – (as in the organisers of the event) – fault!
If people don’t want to buy the “product” you are selling, sell something else! If people do not attend your Club Champs – don’t blame the people – don’t blame other sports – don’t blame the economic crisis – change what you are selling!
If you want a really great Club Championship program, the trick is to combine the four Ps:
- Performance – Club championships are- after all-about racing.
- Parents – Get them involved and get them wet! This is the one chance all year to have some family fun.
- Practice – Club Championships are not the end of the story….for many swimmers Club Championships are the beginning of the competitive season and it’s a great opportunity for practicing skills, strokes, technique, dives, starts, turns, finishes, warm ups, cool downs, stretches, race day diet and other racing skills.
- Party – have a really fun day with the families, friends and other fantastic people who make swimming the wonderful sport it is! Read more
October 5, 2009 | Comments Off
Tags: For Swimmers, For Swimming Clubs and Swimming Associations, swim, swimming, Swimming Coaching, Swimming Competition Tips, Swimming Racing Tips
The Top Ten Technique Tips for Every Swimmer
1. Effective propulsive movements in swimming go from SLOW to FAST.
In swimming, effective propulsive movements are SLOW to FAST.
In Fly, you reach long, feel the water, catch then accelerate through the stroke to recovery. Same in back. Same in breast (arms and legs). Same in free.
It starts with an effective feel on entry and a strong catch then…..throughout the stroke it is acceleration that makes all the difference.
2. The relationship between HIPS and HEAD is critical.
There is a critical relationship between the HIPS and the HEAD in swimming. Simply, when the head is up, the hips go down and if the hips are down three important things happen:
- Hips down means you kick down – instead of back;
- Hips down means your body is in an inefficient position;
- Hips down means that your body is not streamlined.
Be aware of this relationship and keep your head and hips in the right positions. Read more
September 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Tags: For Swimmers, swim, swimming, Swimming Coaching, Swimming Competition Tips, Swimming Racing Tips, Swimming Technique, Swimming Training Tips
