Good Morning
I have posted before and as some may know I am the parent of a 13 year old age grouper. I have a question for all of you coaches and former swimmers as his mom and I have never swam competitively? How much volume should he be swimming at his age? I limit him to three hard workouts per week at this point and one dive practice. He also takes a lesson from a great private coach once a week that is just technique oriented and is just thirty minutes long. His total yardage is probably around 15K per week. Some of the other kids his age are doing twice the volume and the subtle pressure is there.
What do you suggest?
Thanks
Spudfin
PS I would rather he study more than swim more........
I swam only summer league up until the summer after my freshman year of high-school when I joined the local USS team. I was 15 at the time. I really got sucked in and trained like crazy through the rest of high-school and college. I ended up swimming at the National level with scholarship offers from a few DI schools. I don't know that every kid has to be piling on the yardage so early in their careers. This kid is only 13--with the age of "peak swimming" seemingly getting older I'm not sure it will hurt him to only swim three times a week at this point...
I swam only summer league up until the summer after my freshman year of high-school when I joined the local USS team. I was 15 at the time. I really got sucked in and trained like crazy through the rest of high-school and college. I ended up swimming at the National level with scholarship offers from a few DI schools. I don't know that every kid has to be piling on the yardage so early in their careers. This kid is only 13--with the age of "peak swimming" seemingly getting older I'm not sure it will hurt him to only swim three times a week at this point...
