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...
When I began masters 2 1/2 years ago, I had spoke with our coach on-deck the previous month; on my first day he was on deck and just observed me swim a 25 FR and put me in a lane with similar speed swimmers. We swam as much of the workout as we had time for. I could swim FR BR & BK "ok" but have greatly improved all of them under Jamie's tutalige (& continue to work on them and all the other aspects of this sport). I would think that a non swimmer would have difficulty just because, from what I've seen, swimming in a masters group presumes some knowledge of it. Stroke improvement is very different than basic "swim lessons". My :2cents:
When I began masters 2 1/2 years ago, I had spoke with our coach on-deck the previous month; on my first day he was on deck and just observed me swim a 25 FR and put me in a lane with similar speed swimmers. We swam as much of the workout as we had time for. I could swim FR BR & BK "ok" but have greatly improved all of them under Jamie's tutalige (& continue to work on them and all the other aspects of this sport). I would think that a non swimmer would have difficulty just because, from what I've seen, swimming in a masters group presumes some knowledge of it. Stroke improvement is very different than basic "swim lessons". My :2cents:
