Saw this article today on The Race Club website. Since we have so many Texas Exes (GO HORNS beat SC!) on here, I was wondering what the opinions were on his comments.
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At least good for some gripping discussion, Lord knows we need a good "spirited" discussion on here...
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I remember an article by Bob Bowman saying that he thinks people specialize too early and believes in having all the kids swim all obviously that worked for at least one of his kids.
I know he is using the same philosophy at Michigan and getting results.
I think the main purpose of that article was to say that just because a kid can't hacket it doing 10k or more doesn't mean that they can't be or wont' be a good swimmer or even a great swimmer.
Some people need more patience and time ... both Hoff and Phelps had some fears of the water they had to overcome ...
I also agree that if I was an age grouper and I was gutting out 10k or more a day and half my teammates were doing 5k and going home I'd probably be upset.
There are way too many facets that go into this argument ... bottom line, coaches need to know their athletes, when and who to push ... I think it is the responsibility of the coaches, the athletes and the parents to determine what type and level of training is the best for each individual ...
I remember an article by Bob Bowman saying that he thinks people specialize too early and believes in having all the kids swim all obviously that worked for at least one of his kids.
I know he is using the same philosophy at Michigan and getting results.
I think the main purpose of that article was to say that just because a kid can't hacket it doing 10k or more doesn't mean that they can't be or wont' be a good swimmer or even a great swimmer.
Some people need more patience and time ... both Hoff and Phelps had some fears of the water they had to overcome ...
I also agree that if I was an age grouper and I was gutting out 10k or more a day and half my teammates were doing 5k and going home I'd probably be upset.
There are way too many facets that go into this argument ... bottom line, coaches need to know their athletes, when and who to push ... I think it is the responsibility of the coaches, the athletes and the parents to determine what type and level of training is the best for each individual ...
