I am wondering if there are commonly used metrics for use by fitness swimmers to measure their progress. As we all know it is easier to maintain motivation if one feels one is improving. What I am looking for are things the non-competitive swimmer can use to measure their progress in the pool. Metrics that could be measured in club workouts would be ideal.
Some of things that come to mind are distance in a given time (T60, T30, T20, T15, T10, T5) and time for distance (400m, 1000m, 1500m, 5km). Also some sort of stroke count metric might be good, 50m time plus stroke count being the most commonly cited.
My goal is to embed these into an online log that people can use to track their progress.
Any suggestions?
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Originally posted by LindsayNB
My interest stems from the fact that Masters Swimming Canada is moving in the direction of providing this kind of functionality to it clubs and swimmers across the country. Maybe this is something you could do for USMS instead of just your coach? The broader audience might make it more economical.
The beginnings of the MSC site are at http://MyMSC.ca
People seem to be having fun with the training distance log, seeing how they rank and how their club ranks. There's a lot of room for additional statistics and features.
Anna Lea, the resting pulse rate is a good one, thanks.
Despite the controversy I think that something that allows you to track your strokes/length versus speed over time would be useful too.
I think something like that would be a neat service that USMS could offer.
I can see a number of ways it can be approached... Not sure which one would be the best without taking a closer look at different factoers.
Considering our guys do a lot of in-house database development, they may have some desire to develop an in house system... (Time and finance always being a consideration)
Or they may feel, (politically) that this may be best left to individual clubs and coaches.
I can certainly scope out to see if the idea has been brought up, or bring it up and what the sentiments are.
Geochuck!
Thanks for the input. We already do video analisys in our clinics, and find that people love it.
Recently I (my coach and I) invested in dartfish too, but haven't had a chance to fully implement it yet.
Couple years ago I 'engineered' an underwater cam for him ;)
Originally posted by LindsayNB
My interest stems from the fact that Masters Swimming Canada is moving in the direction of providing this kind of functionality to it clubs and swimmers across the country. Maybe this is something you could do for USMS instead of just your coach? The broader audience might make it more economical.
The beginnings of the MSC site are at http://MyMSC.ca
People seem to be having fun with the training distance log, seeing how they rank and how their club ranks. There's a lot of room for additional statistics and features.
Anna Lea, the resting pulse rate is a good one, thanks.
Despite the controversy I think that something that allows you to track your strokes/length versus speed over time would be useful too.
I think something like that would be a neat service that USMS could offer.
I can see a number of ways it can be approached... Not sure which one would be the best without taking a closer look at different factoers.
Considering our guys do a lot of in-house database development, they may have some desire to develop an in house system... (Time and finance always being a consideration)
Or they may feel, (politically) that this may be best left to individual clubs and coaches.
I can certainly scope out to see if the idea has been brought up, or bring it up and what the sentiments are.
Geochuck!
Thanks for the input. We already do video analisys in our clinics, and find that people love it.
Recently I (my coach and I) invested in dartfish too, but haven't had a chance to fully implement it yet.
Couple years ago I 'engineered' an underwater cam for him ;)
