Good day.
For any who can take two seconds, can you please reply and let me know about your coach your practices?
For example, does your coach put up a workout and just let you swim without any feedback whatsoever?
Or does your coach provide you with corrections, tips or pointers to improve your swimming? I am trying to get a sense of how coaching is handled by other groups.
Thank you and happy swimming.:fish2:
I've gone from one extreme to the other with Masters coaches in the past year.
My first coach was an accomplished swimmer (Olympic goal medalist) who was a great stroke technician. She knew the goals & objectives of each swimmer and would set individual send-off times for each individual based on their own abilities. She actively coached from the deck and would have a "theme" or point of focus for each practice. She knew my goals and would push me in practice.
Our current coach usually makes up two different practice sheets: one IM-stroke based, and one for our triathletes that is composed of longer freestyle sets. The yardages on the workouts are written for the top performing members of the group and are unachievable by most members of the group within the scheduled practice time. The coach leaves it to the individual swimmers to edit or modify the printed workout to their ability level. He does no proactive coaching from the deck, but will answer individual questions if asked.
Some folks like the more laid-back approach of our current coach, as the previous coach could be more "in-your-face" at times. Not saying one is right or wrong. Different strokes for different folks as they say.
Personally, I'm still working to improve and preferred the previous situation. Quite frankly, most of the technical "coaching" I get these days is from Ernie Maglischo's and Sheila Taormina's books and Bob Bowman/David Marsh/Richard Quick videos.
I've gone from one extreme to the other with Masters coaches in the past year.
My first coach was an accomplished swimmer (Olympic goal medalist) who was a great stroke technician. She knew the goals & objectives of each swimmer and would set individual send-off times for each individual based on their own abilities. She actively coached from the deck and would have a "theme" or point of focus for each practice. She knew my goals and would push me in practice.
Our current coach usually makes up two different practice sheets: one IM-stroke based, and one for our triathletes that is composed of longer freestyle sets. The yardages on the workouts are written for the top performing members of the group and are unachievable by most members of the group within the scheduled practice time. The coach leaves it to the individual swimmers to edit or modify the printed workout to their ability level. He does no proactive coaching from the deck, but will answer individual questions if asked.
Some folks like the more laid-back approach of our current coach, as the previous coach could be more "in-your-face" at times. Not saying one is right or wrong. Different strokes for different folks as they say.
Personally, I'm still working to improve and preferred the previous situation. Quite frankly, most of the technical "coaching" I get these days is from Ernie Maglischo's and Sheila Taormina's books and Bob Bowman/David Marsh/Richard Quick videos.
