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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Wow! I didn't expect so many self-coached people, that's great! Sometimes I miss the push from my coach, I also belive that having some one stand at the edge of the deck at yell at me can be pretty helpful. My coach had a way of knowing exactly what to say to get me to push myself harder.
On the other hand, I'm also a little done with the yelling. Of course there wasn't a lot of yelling to being with, but being on my own is pretty nice.
If I were to get back with a team, it would have to be with my old coach. Where I've been swimming lately (I'm a nomad) there's a group that gets together a few times per week to swim, and they invited me to join them. But it seemed they were just doing fitness workouts, not the more competitive push I feel like doing. So for now I'm on my own.
Wow! I didn't expect so many self-coached people, that's great! Sometimes I miss the push from my coach, I also belive that having some one stand at the edge of the deck at yell at me can be pretty helpful. My coach had a way of knowing exactly what to say to get me to push myself harder.
On the other hand, I'm also a little done with the yelling. Of course there wasn't a lot of yelling to being with, but being on my own is pretty nice.
If I were to get back with a team, it would have to be with my old coach. Where I've been swimming lately (I'm a nomad) there's a group that gets together a few times per week to swim, and they invited me to join them. But it seemed they were just doing fitness workouts, not the more competitive push I feel like doing. So for now I'm on my own.
