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!
It does. Glad you found some help. Just FYI - the term "Master" here means nothing besides "over 18." The term doesn't mean that members have reached the pinnacle of the sport (though, arguably, there are a few USMS athletes who fit that description). There are some here who do have a lot of experience both as swimmers and as coaches. Some of us probably have hypersensitive "pushy-parent" detectors because we've seen (or maybe experienced) those parents along our swimming journeys.
I'm glad you are looking out for the best interests of your child. In my experience as a swimmer, a coach and a parent of swimmers, I would say that your kids need to see you as their cheerleader (encouraging them, loving them and supporting them). Let them own their sport. Let them own their successes and their failures. Let them make their own mistakes and learn from them. Swimming can be such a fantastic avenue for learning to win, lose, work your tail off, set long term goals, push yourself past your comfort zone and so much more. But if swimmers have a parent constantly taking charge they won't own those things and won't really learn from them, IMO.
It does. Glad you found some help. Just FYI - the term "Master" here means nothing besides "over 18." The term doesn't mean that members have reached the pinnacle of the sport (though, arguably, there are a few USMS athletes who fit that description). There are some here who do have a lot of experience both as swimmers and as coaches. Some of us probably have hypersensitive "pushy-parent" detectors because we've seen (or maybe experienced) those parents along our swimming journeys.
I'm glad you are looking out for the best interests of your child. In my experience as a swimmer, a coach and a parent of swimmers, I would say that your kids need to see you as their cheerleader (encouraging them, loving them and supporting them). Let them own their sport. Let them own their successes and their failures. Let them make their own mistakes and learn from them. Swimming can be such a fantastic avenue for learning to win, lose, work your tail off, set long term goals, push yourself past your comfort zone and so much more. But if swimmers have a parent constantly taking charge they won't own those things and won't really learn from them, IMO.
