My 6 yr old son has been joining the swim team for about 8 months now. He is doing well and enjoys the swimming. However I notice that he always take at least one second after gun (or go) then dive to the water. The coach has been telling him many times and he is still doing that. Is there any drill I can help him to correct this? When he is doing back stroke he does not has this problem.
He is now still doing both hands out diving instead of holding the block diving. I guess this will take time for him to learn this.
I am new to this board and welcome any suggestion.
Thanks
Don't worry about it. Rob Copeland still takes this long to get off the blocks at age 50 or so.:bolt:
And I’ve been swimming for 45 years.
I agree with Geek, be proud that he is swimming and let him know it. Also, let the coach work with him on fixing the start. Our job as parents is to let the coach be the coach and I’m sure the coach will let us be the parent. It took me a while for me to catch on to this but once I stopped coaching my kids, I’ve learned to enjoy their accomplishments.
Don't worry about it. Rob Copeland still takes this long to get off the blocks at age 50 or so.:bolt:
And I’ve been swimming for 45 years.
I agree with Geek, be proud that he is swimming and let him know it. Also, let the coach work with him on fixing the start. Our job as parents is to let the coach be the coach and I’m sure the coach will let us be the parent. It took me a while for me to catch on to this but once I stopped coaching my kids, I’ve learned to enjoy their accomplishments.
