Wondering about USS coaching. If a swimmer is on a particular team, is it permissible or desirable for them to get private coaching/lessons elsewhere or attend clinics in addition to attending all team practices? Heard of a couple coaches recently who went ballistic when their swimmers took private lessons from another coach not affiliated with their team (not affiliated with any other team either, just a private coach). Is this not politically correct for USS swimmers?
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Warren,
I see the point you are making but as a coach, that person must realize that they may not have all the answers even if they think they do and especially if they say they do. And how do you tell a coach is good or not? One of my best coaches was an unknown in the Coaches World, but her Masters Club had an awful lot of speed demons (sprinters and flyers). And she had a quality I respect of her today: she would actually encourage swimmers to go to this club or that club because she had taken them as far as she could and she could see their frustrations. And she was also an ex-Olympian.
Donna
Warren,
I see the point you are making but as a coach, that person must realize that they may not have all the answers even if they think they do and especially if they say they do. And how do you tell a coach is good or not? One of my best coaches was an unknown in the Coaches World, but her Masters Club had an awful lot of speed demons (sprinters and flyers). And she had a quality I respect of her today: she would actually encourage swimmers to go to this club or that club because she had taken them as far as she could and she could see their frustrations. And she was also an ex-Olympian.
Donna
