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
Our coaches write the workout on a white board. There are two - one has a bit longer workout than the other, and different intervals. But most people do what they want/can anyway - this is masters! My problem was that I couldn't see the white board, so I went to a scuba shop and bought a white "scuba slate". It's a little plastic white board, and you write on it with a pencil, and erase it with a regular eraser. It's made for diving, so the writing doesn't come off. So when I get to the pool, I jot the workout down on my little white slate, and keep it by my lane. This is a really handy little gadget. I know what I am supposed to do, and I can take it home and record what I did for workout that day (yardage, sets, etc). I dont have to try to remember everything we did. I have logged every workout for almost the last two years. I also use it to write my own little workouts before I go to the pool for non-Masters days. It is really cool!
Our coaches write the workout on a white board. There are two - one has a bit longer workout than the other, and different intervals. But most people do what they want/can anyway - this is masters! My problem was that I couldn't see the white board, so I went to a scuba shop and bought a white "scuba slate". It's a little plastic white board, and you write on it with a pencil, and erase it with a regular eraser. It's made for diving, so the writing doesn't come off. So when I get to the pool, I jot the workout down on my little white slate, and keep it by my lane. This is a really handy little gadget. I know what I am supposed to do, and I can take it home and record what I did for workout that day (yardage, sets, etc). I dont have to try to remember everything we did. I have logged every workout for almost the last two years. I also use it to write my own little workouts before I go to the pool for non-Masters days. It is really cool!
