With some recent talk about coaches, accomodating to swimmers, and swimmers obeying coaches, I thought I'd post a poll.
So who is receiving coached workouts? Do you like him/her? Do you like his/her workouts? Do they pay you attention, criticize and advise, or do they like to sit and read, or flirt with other swimmers/lifeguards?
Because of my schedule, I typically only swim with my team 1x a week during the school year. I'd prefer it was 2x. I can't do the same level of conditioning work on my own. Our coach writes great workouts with interesting sets that seem to have a concrete purpose. I've seen her correcting strokes, although not as much the more advanced swimmers, as Dennis notes. I would love to have more technical analysis of my strokes. I'm just winging it based on instinct and what I gleam from swim forums. But it is sometimes difficult to be essentially "guessing" what you're supposed to do technique-wise. Going to try to get myself video'd a bit more in the future. That's my only hope for my evilstroke.
However, I do like my solo workouts because then I can fine tune them to what I think I'm supposed to be doing. Most masters teams just don't do the speed work, race pace work or SDK work that I need as a sprinter. It's all about yardage. I'd like some, but not a high daily dose.
Because of my schedule, I typically only swim with my team 1x a week during the school year. I'd prefer it was 2x. I can't do the same level of conditioning work on my own. Our coach writes great workouts with interesting sets that seem to have a concrete purpose. I've seen her correcting strokes, although not as much the more advanced swimmers, as Dennis notes. I would love to have more technical analysis of my strokes. I'm just winging it based on instinct and what I gleam from swim forums. But it is sometimes difficult to be essentially "guessing" what you're supposed to do technique-wise. Going to try to get myself video'd a bit more in the future. That's my only hope for my evilstroke.
However, I do like my solo workouts because then I can fine tune them to what I think I'm supposed to be doing. Most masters teams just don't do the speed work, race pace work or SDK work that I need as a sprinter. It's all about yardage. I'd like some, but not a high daily dose.
