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.
64.70.236.56/.../index.html
At least good for some gripping discussion, Lord knows we need a good "spirited" discussion on here...
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
... 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 ...
Great point. I wonder how many coaches in USA Swimming actually excel at this. I think there are very few coaches at whatever level that do this well.
That one point seems to make the difference in what makes a coach good or great. I believe any coach can teach technique, come up with creative workouts, take splits, zip up fastskins, etc. There are very few that can do what you say in the above quote. If USA Swimming wants to improve and have some legs to continue to grow the sport (no pun intended), this is a major issue that they should be addressing.
Originally posted by SwiminONandON
... 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 ...
Great point. I wonder how many coaches in USA Swimming actually excel at this. I think there are very few coaches at whatever level that do this well.
That one point seems to make the difference in what makes a coach good or great. I believe any coach can teach technique, come up with creative workouts, take splits, zip up fastskins, etc. There are very few that can do what you say in the above quote. If USA Swimming wants to improve and have some legs to continue to grow the sport (no pun intended), this is a major issue that they should be addressing.
