Writing workouts on dry-erase board, or something else?
Former Member
I'm wondering what some other coaches use to post their workouts -- you don't need to be a coach to respond to this -- tell me how your coach posts the workouts.
I've used a dry-erase board mostly in the past. But now that I'm coaching Masters, (instead of age-groupers) I would need to buy 3 or 4 dry-erase boards to use for each lane, since each lane is tailored for a specific workout. And 3 or 4 big dry-erase boards is going to be expensive.
I've also used large notecards and Sharpie permanent markers to post workouts before. Then I stick the notecard on a kickboard and no matter how wet it gets, the marker doesn't run.
I'm wondering if anyone has ever used overhead transparency sheets and a semi-permanent marker? (like the kind where you use rubbing alcohol to clean it off, not the kind that cleans off in water)
Hope to hear some good ideas from you guys!
---swimandpedal
Bryan yell? I just couldn't picture that. He's so mild-mannered. :p
Kerry puts our workout on a 2' x 3' whiteboard and attaches it to one of the equipment carts so he can roll it from one lane to another. It lives pretty much in the center lanes, but we can all see it- he writes pretty big and legibly. The workouts are also verbal and he explains them well and repeats the sets often. The only differences in our workouts (former Olympian to novice is the interval, so they don't have to be written; even between the lanes sometimes one lane will do a 1:10 interval and the next lane will do 1:15, and if you want to go faster or slower move over a lane). Our workouts run very smoothly, everybody knows what's up- it's great. And I have NEVER, in almost 13 years, heard Kerry yell :p Hey Jim maybe if you swam faster he wouldn't yell? LOL
I too grew up being TOLD what to do, but I think the whiteboard is nice so I can remind myself instead of having to ask again. And as a teacher, it's great for the visual learner!
Bryan yell? I just couldn't picture that. He's so mild-mannered. :p
Kerry puts our workout on a 2' x 3' whiteboard and attaches it to one of the equipment carts so he can roll it from one lane to another. It lives pretty much in the center lanes, but we can all see it- he writes pretty big and legibly. The workouts are also verbal and he explains them well and repeats the sets often. The only differences in our workouts (former Olympian to novice is the interval, so they don't have to be written; even between the lanes sometimes one lane will do a 1:10 interval and the next lane will do 1:15, and if you want to go faster or slower move over a lane). Our workouts run very smoothly, everybody knows what's up- it's great. And I have NEVER, in almost 13 years, heard Kerry yell :p Hey Jim maybe if you swam faster he wouldn't yell? LOL
I too grew up being TOLD what to do, but I think the whiteboard is nice so I can remind myself instead of having to ask again. And as a teacher, it's great for the visual learner!
