I started coaching a 15 years old boy, who has not so good but decent times, I want him to be able to break at least one of his “age-group” records from our club.
Since I write his workouts, I wonder which record might be the closest one to shoot for.
Event SCM........ His time...........club´s record
50 free............30"41............25"52
100 free.......... 1'05"............ 56"75
200 free......... 2´26"16......... 2´10"20
400 free......... 05'02''68......... 4'36"95
800 free.......... 11'17"04......... 10'12"91
50 *** ..........40''23.............33"06
50 back ...........36"09 .............29"52
100 back......... 1'18"54 ..........1'03"66
200 back .........2´43"35......... 2'17"56
100 IM............ 01'15''96......... 1'04"22
200 IM............ 2'46"24........... 2'21"56
400 IM ............5´54"16.......... 5'00"03
I think I will try to make him focus on freestyle, his closest times to the record (very far BTW) seems to be the 200 free and 400 free events
What do you think?
I also want to know if his times have a "normal" relation; I mean, he probably can go faster in the 800 free from his 400 free time. And faster 200 IM from his 100 IM time.
Im use to make workouts for myself but I know how far I can push myself...
This is new for me, so Im trying to test him, 100's reps, crazy long sets, crazy hard sets, and Im looking forward to his "never done" 7000 meter workout :angel:. He seems to enjoy challenge, I need some feedback about his times and tips for training 15 years olds.
thanks
Event SCM........ His time...........club´s record
50 free............30"41............25"52
100 free.......... 1'05"............ 56"75
200 free......... 2´26"16......... 2´10"20
400 free......... 05'02''68......... 4'36"95
800 free.......... 11'17"04......... 10'12"91
I agree with some of the other comments about his times being far from the records, but it's hard to tell what he really trains for based on all the times you gave. As much fun as club records can be to have, it's better your swimmer set up goals in baby steps. in the 400 he could first try to go under 5:00.00, then maybe look at the splits and compare to his 100 and 200 times and see if 4:50 is within reason. in the 800 first try to get under 11:00.00.
But if your swimmer really wants to break a record, and it's not just you, my suggestion would be to try for the 800 record, since that is the event easiest to make up time.
when I swam my first 400m march 2008 I had a time of 5:02 the night before I swam the 800m in 10:26. so if you swimmer would work on long distance training and thinks the longer events are fun and challanging then that is your best bet with him.
in Sept I swam my second 400m at a meet and was able to go 4:41. with 6 months of really working distance and pace during my workouts. I will swim the 800m again at the end of March and I am hoping to go under 9:45.00
even though he will be working on a distance record, I think he will still have to get is 100 time down around 1:00 in order to be able to average the 1:16 needed for 10:12
Event SCM........ His time...........club´s record
50 free............30"41............25"52
100 free.......... 1'05"............ 56"75
200 free......... 2´26"16......... 2´10"20
400 free......... 05'02''68......... 4'36"95
800 free.......... 11'17"04......... 10'12"91
I agree with some of the other comments about his times being far from the records, but it's hard to tell what he really trains for based on all the times you gave. As much fun as club records can be to have, it's better your swimmer set up goals in baby steps. in the 400 he could first try to go under 5:00.00, then maybe look at the splits and compare to his 100 and 200 times and see if 4:50 is within reason. in the 800 first try to get under 11:00.00.
But if your swimmer really wants to break a record, and it's not just you, my suggestion would be to try for the 800 record, since that is the event easiest to make up time.
when I swam my first 400m march 2008 I had a time of 5:02 the night before I swam the 800m in 10:26. so if you swimmer would work on long distance training and thinks the longer events are fun and challanging then that is your best bet with him.
in Sept I swam my second 400m at a meet and was able to go 4:41. with 6 months of really working distance and pace during my workouts. I will swim the 800m again at the end of March and I am hoping to go under 9:45.00
even though he will be working on a distance record, I think he will still have to get is 100 time down around 1:00 in order to be able to average the 1:16 needed for 10:12
