I have no coach, because we have no masters program. I use my own experince, this board and other web sites to find a work out. I do however have the opportunity for help with our local high school swim coach. Who is a master swimmer and a really good coach.
What does everyone do?
Do you coach yourself are you in a masters program?
And how many times a week do you swim and how far?
I'm up to 2000 yds each swim, swimming 3 times per week.
I've often had the same questions and it will be interesting to see the advice that is offerred. I swim 5-6 days a week, and average 3000 yards per workout. I started swimming almost 7 years ago (with no prior swimming background) and was on my own until about 3 years ago. Then I had a coach until last spring but it was a distance coaching arrangement. Although it was nice not to have to worry about writing workouts, working out alone without having a coach on deck is not ideal. But it really helped me and I had significant improvement in my times. I've been coaching myself again since May. The workout forum is a great resource and I've drawn heavily from it to develop my training program for this year. The test will come soon as I'm swimming my 1st pool meet since then in 3 weeks.
Good luck to you.
I've often had the same questions and it will be interesting to see the advice that is offerred. I swim 5-6 days a week, and average 3000 yards per workout. I started swimming almost 7 years ago (with no prior swimming background) and was on my own until about 3 years ago. Then I had a coach until last spring but it was a distance coaching arrangement. Although it was nice not to have to worry about writing workouts, working out alone without having a coach on deck is not ideal. But it really helped me and I had significant improvement in my times. I've been coaching myself again since May. The workout forum is a great resource and I've drawn heavily from it to develop my training program for this year. The test will come soon as I'm swimming my 1st pool meet since then in 3 weeks.
Good luck to you.
