The question from the lastest episode of deckpass http://www.deckpass.com/. Does the coach make the swimmer or does the swimmer make the coach? lets hear some disscusion on this.
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I gather from the post that he's referencing SCM on the 51+ 100m, not LCM.
How to tell a talented swimmer? They have a magic touch with the water. They learn things faster than anyone else. They have a better physique.
And then there's the "rage to master" seen in young musical, chess or math prodigies. They practice hours a day with no prompting. We have such a kid on our age group team right now. Only 7 years old. Developed precocious form in all four strokes during his first year on the team -- as a 6 year old. Reads everything he can get his hands on about swimming. Has committed all the team and LSC 8 and U, 10 and U records to memory and is plotting his course to them. No one is pushing or prompting this behavior. It leaves his mother bemused. 51.6 short course, 52.9 long course. At age 15, he was competing at world level in youth competitions, and national (Canadian) level with seniors.
I was trying to find a proof on the net. I thought maybe provincial records for this age group? It was beaten recently by Yannick Lupien... 51.14
Yannick Lupien was a member of the Canadian 4x100 free Relay that finished in second place at the worlds in 2005, after the US team, before the Aussies and the South Africans.
www.fnq.qc.ca/gars15-17.html
I gather from the post that he's referencing SCM on the 51+ 100m, not LCM.
How to tell a talented swimmer? They have a magic touch with the water. They learn things faster than anyone else. They have a better physique.
And then there's the "rage to master" seen in young musical, chess or math prodigies. They practice hours a day with no prompting. We have such a kid on our age group team right now. Only 7 years old. Developed precocious form in all four strokes during his first year on the team -- as a 6 year old. Reads everything he can get his hands on about swimming. Has committed all the team and LSC 8 and U, 10 and U records to memory and is plotting his course to them. No one is pushing or prompting this behavior. It leaves his mother bemused. 51.6 short course, 52.9 long course. At age 15, he was competing at world level in youth competitions, and national (Canadian) level with seniors.
I was trying to find a proof on the net. I thought maybe provincial records for this age group? It was beaten recently by Yannick Lupien... 51.14
Yannick Lupien was a member of the Canadian 4x100 free Relay that finished in second place at the worlds in 2005, after the US team, before the Aussies and the South Africans.
www.fnq.qc.ca/gars15-17.html
