Hi,
I've been following this forum for more then a year and this is my first post here.
My daughter is 9 years old and she has been swimming for 2 years. For the last 8 months she's been training 4 days per week; half-hour dryland, one hour pool. She is a happy swimmer and they have great friendship within the team. Her free and breaststroke styles are quite fine. Her short-course(25m) 50meter times are: Free 40 ; Back 48 ; *** 51 ; Fly 50
But whenever she's in a meet, her stamina drops clearly at around 35m. As for the freestyle, her 25meter time is around 16 seconds. She usually turns before her friends, falls behind at last 15meter. It disappoints her.
How can we help her to build up her endurance?
What should we have her eat before the meet? Should we take her out for jogging, hiking, biking or any other physical activity? All suggestions and hints are appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
5 days a week @ 2400 meters seems about right for a 10 year old, although I'm not sure why you count the yardage. Point is not sure if it is a good idea to squeeze an extra day in for a kid so young.
Private coaching, as Rob says, is very difficult. What if the private coach suggests totally different items? How does the full time coach incorporate that without showing favoritism to your daughter? And, what happens if the private suggestions don't mesh with the team philosophy? What is your plan for that, quit the team or disrupt the team?
I've seen a lot of parents, and it is about the parents, not the kid, force their kids into off-day privates. I can't say I've ever seen much benefit of this. The only way it works is if the head coach and the private coach are in lock step. Even then, I'm not convinced of the value.
I do agree that kids that age need to be overfed technique. I would say we do 50% per practice of technique and that includes 30 minutes a day of turns, 5 days a week.
5 days a week @ 2400 meters seems about right for a 10 year old, although I'm not sure why you count the yardage. Point is not sure if it is a good idea to squeeze an extra day in for a kid so young.
Private coaching, as Rob says, is very difficult. What if the private coach suggests totally different items? How does the full time coach incorporate that without showing favoritism to your daughter? And, what happens if the private suggestions don't mesh with the team philosophy? What is your plan for that, quit the team or disrupt the team?
I've seen a lot of parents, and it is about the parents, not the kid, force their kids into off-day privates. I can't say I've ever seen much benefit of this. The only way it works is if the head coach and the private coach are in lock step. Even then, I'm not convinced of the value.
I do agree that kids that age need to be overfed technique. I would say we do 50% per practice of technique and that includes 30 minutes a day of turns, 5 days a week.
