My coach today told me that cooling down at the end of practice was not good for the body. He said it could rip muscles that were just worked. I have always been taught that the cool down was important, especially after working hard and getting the heart rate up.
Keep in mind that this is an USA-S practice and those I'm swimming with are teenagers.
I'm curious what others think?
I remember back in high school none of the pools we swam meets in had a separate warmdown area at all. For dual meets I believe there was a short warmup break either before or after diving, but other than that you swam your events and then sat on the bench and waited for your next event. That said, I think coaches should be encouraging kids to cool down if it is possible.
Yes, when I was kid we had exactly the same situation, though I think it is possible to do some stretching but no one told us that time perhaps they thought it's not important.
I remember back in high school none of the pools we swam meets in had a separate warmdown area at all. For dual meets I believe there was a short warmup break either before or after diving, but other than that you swam your events and then sat on the bench and waited for your next event. That said, I think coaches should be encouraging kids to cool down if it is possible.
Yes, when I was kid we had exactly the same situation, though I think it is possible to do some stretching but no one told us that time perhaps they thought it's not important.
