I am a member of a long established masters team, although we have been relatively quiet until the past 18 months.
Problem:
We are getting more and more adults who cannot swim. They want to compete in triathlons and they can barely swim 25 yards,and we are currently set up is meters. This is drawing our coaches attention and they seem to have found a cheaper way to get an adult swim lesson. Stroke development and general help are not an issue; this is almost complete lack of swimming skills.
Question:
How does your club/team advertise swimming and divide or set a limit on the skills a swimmer needs to have to complete a masters workout?
Where is this knowledge obtained?
What is your teams limit?
Thanks...
www.sundevilmasters.org/learn_to_swim.html
(not speaking officially for my masters club; just my observations as a member)
we don't turn anyone away (masters should be inclusive!), but i agree with betsy--it's the coaches' job to assess new swimmers's skills and suggest workout modifications/groups for them
depending on your team's resources (coach and pool time), you could also offer separate tri workouts and/or adult learn to swim groups (our learn to swim program has been very successful, not only for teaching beginner swimmers, but also um, as a revenue generator for our club :). web page lists expected skill levels
What are those skills, that are listed?
www.sundevilmasters.org/learn_to_swim.html
(not speaking officially for my masters club; just my observations as a member)
we don't turn anyone away (masters should be inclusive!), but i agree with betsy--it's the coaches' job to assess new swimmers's skills and suggest workout modifications/groups for them
depending on your team's resources (coach and pool time), you could also offer separate tri workouts and/or adult learn to swim groups (our learn to swim program has been very successful, not only for teaching beginner swimmers, but also um, as a revenue generator for our club :). web page lists expected skill levels
What are those skills, that are listed?
