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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Our USS team actually suggests some specific camps to the parents of swimmers...Stanford University is home to one that they speak very highly of.
EDIT: Our coaches do frown on parents giving race day stroke advice though. Apparently there have been some parents trying to make alterations to their kids stroke in a last ditch effort to make them faster. I am sure you can guess how that winds up.
I think a good coach should be pro anything that is going to make one of their athletes a better swimmer or a better person in general. If they fall short in this respect then something is wrong in my book.
Our USS team actually suggests some specific camps to the parents of swimmers...Stanford University is home to one that they speak very highly of.
EDIT: Our coaches do frown on parents giving race day stroke advice though. Apparently there have been some parents trying to make alterations to their kids stroke in a last ditch effort to make them faster. I am sure you can guess how that winds up.
I think a good coach should be pro anything that is going to make one of their athletes a better swimmer or a better person in general. If they fall short in this respect then something is wrong in my book.
