Hey Everyone!!
I am just starting a job as the Aquatics Director at the BLue Springs YMCA in Kansas City. We currently do not have masters swimming, but I was wanting to incorporate it, or something along those lines. We have had fitness partcipants want to expand their training to the pool. They want to swim as part of their workouts nothing serious. i was wondering if anyone had any starter workouts or simple workouts I could pass on to them until I get the program going. If any one has some advice I would be a great help.
Thanks!
Take a look at the work-out section of the forums, specifically the 3 guest coaches at the top. There are good solid work-outs posted there. Another suggestion is to make sure you have different tiers of work-outs so you don't discourage the slow swimmers, or bore the more advanced. I know our group had a coach who only wrote work-outs geared toward the advanced, and the slower swimmers expressed frustration to me about not ever being able to complete a work-out. Now we have levels.
Also, fitness swimmers hate to sacrifice their conditioning time for drills. However, drills and technique are important for improvement of swimming. What our group likes best is some drill and technique time, and then some harder swimming sets, that hopefully try to use what was learned in the drill. Older people and really thin swimmers tend to get really cold if the work-out is too much slow drill work.
Take a look at the work-out section of the forums, specifically the 3 guest coaches at the top. There are good solid work-outs posted there. Another suggestion is to make sure you have different tiers of work-outs so you don't discourage the slow swimmers, or bore the more advanced. I know our group had a coach who only wrote work-outs geared toward the advanced, and the slower swimmers expressed frustration to me about not ever being able to complete a work-out. Now we have levels.
Also, fitness swimmers hate to sacrifice their conditioning time for drills. However, drills and technique are important for improvement of swimming. What our group likes best is some drill and technique time, and then some harder swimming sets, that hopefully try to use what was learned in the drill. Older people and really thin swimmers tend to get really cold if the work-out is too much slow drill work.
