I've been helping out with coaching a local team this summer and have recently exhausted most of my ideas for coming up with sets. I swim by myself in addition to this, and usually follow a similar structure to what I have planned out for coaching just for simplicity's sake.
As a coach, how do you come up with sets? Or, as a swimmer, how do you make sets for yourself? Also, as a side question are there any big databases for swim sets or swim set generators?
If you are not providing frequent, specific feedback to the kids, you are not coaching, you are baby-sitting.
You are my hero for today.
A basic practice template is something like this: 400-800 yards of warm-up/get-focused, 600-1000 yards of technique (stroke of the day), 20-40 minutes of conditioning in every practice, 15-30 minutes of race pace 25s/50s/100s, warm-down. With some variation this is 1.5 hours of swimming.
This is generic and a place to start.
If only all coaches could be so sensible. I bet your team rocks!
If you are not providing frequent, specific feedback to the kids, you are not coaching, you are baby-sitting.
You are my hero for today.
A basic practice template is something like this: 400-800 yards of warm-up/get-focused, 600-1000 yards of technique (stroke of the day), 20-40 minutes of conditioning in every practice, 15-30 minutes of race pace 25s/50s/100s, warm-down. With some variation this is 1.5 hours of swimming.
This is generic and a place to start.
If only all coaches could be so sensible. I bet your team rocks!
