I spent a good portion of my life training under a coach (a very wonderful coach). Now I'm kinda off on my own because at the moment I've got other priorities. I don't get a lot of training in, but I'm hoping to get in more. But right now I feel good not having some one tell me what to do, or stand over me shouting to go faster. Of course I think it would improve my speed and form and such, but right now is just not the time.
If I did decide to get a coach, I think I'd actually go back to my old coach, because I think he's pretty amazing and I like his attitude. For now I've been told I'm allowed to leech off his workouts (join the team's workouts but in another lane) since I just don't have the time to devote to being on the team. It's a USA team, not masters, so he's got an attendence requirement.
Anybody else training on their own? And if you do, do you still go to competitions? I'd definately be comfortable going to competitions without a coach, and unnattached.
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I stopped training on my own since I joined a team on saturday.
but my first impression is that I've gotten better workouts when I trained on my own or used Robert Strauss' workouts so I think about staying on the team just for the "social benefits" of fellow swimmers around you and to keep up my own workout routine if the lane space situation during training permits.
I think I am probably the best coach to me, because I feel like I know best how hard I can push myself in practice I can also say on which things I need to focus most because I am actually in the situation feeling what's slowing me down.
This statement is supported by dropping my times for *** and free by 20 respective 30 seconds and I also teached me a good breaststroke accordingly to my new coach and fellow swimmers. :cool:
I stopped training on my own since I joined a team on saturday.
but my first impression is that I've gotten better workouts when I trained on my own or used Robert Strauss' workouts so I think about staying on the team just for the "social benefits" of fellow swimmers around you and to keep up my own workout routine if the lane space situation during training permits.
I think I am probably the best coach to me, because I feel like I know best how hard I can push myself in practice I can also say on which things I need to focus most because I am actually in the situation feeling what's slowing me down.
This statement is supported by dropping my times for *** and free by 20 respective 30 seconds and I also teached me a good breaststroke accordingly to my new coach and fellow swimmers. :cool:
