Greetings
OK I am calling on all of you current/former competitors and/or age group coaches and parents. I am the parent of a 13 yo age grouper who is crazy about swimming. In his current season he has gone from a B/A swimmer to a sectional qualifier. He has worked very hard since last September and will swim sectionals in mid March. Here is my question. Should I require that he backs off or stops swimming in the spring and summer just for resting purposes. He is like a young colt that will just keep on swimming if not reigned in. He loves to swim and compete. I worry about burning him out. I want him to still like to swim when he is my age. By the way I have no personal competitive swimming background so all of this is new to me.
Regards
Spudfin
After Sectionals he should take a 2-3 week break, and usually the team he swims with has this in their trianing plan. Then he should start back in for the long course season, and again his team will probably start out a bit slower because everyone has had a break, and then train with summer Sectionals being the end goal, then again, a 2-3 week break, before fall starts. He should take these breaks and not swim through them, but taking the whole summer off would not be wise.
Talk to his coach, he/she knows him much better than any of us!
After Sectionals he should take a 2-3 week break, and usually the team he swims with has this in their trianing plan. Then he should start back in for the long course season, and again his team will probably start out a bit slower because everyone has had a break, and then train with summer Sectionals being the end goal, then again, a 2-3 week break, before fall starts. He should take these breaks and not swim through them, but taking the whole summer off would not be wise.
Talk to his coach, he/she knows him much better than any of us!
