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 mostly train alone generally because I find that master's workouts have too much of an 'entertainment' factor built in to keep the swimmers from getting bored. I don't need entertainment, I need training: many, many boring repeats until I get it right. It works great for me!
I also study stroke mechanics through videos and watching successful swimmers ply their craft. Most of my time is spent on technical issues of swimming.
I mostly train alone generally because I find that master's workouts have too much of an 'entertainment' factor built in to keep the swimmers from getting bored. I don't need entertainment, I need training: many, many boring repeats until I get it right. It works great for me!
I also study stroke mechanics through videos and watching successful swimmers ply their craft. Most of my time is spent on technical issues of swimming.
