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
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Not having seen this kid swim or practice its tough for me to really say accurately, but based only on the times above maybe really start focusing on the middle distance events in competition. Seems like the longer IM and Free seem to have a bit of a drop off.
In practice keep working on back half of races. Maybe do things like 3 x (3 x 100) on dexcending intervals. or 200 with the intent of negative splitting the second hundred. Longer kick sets and consistently working the underwater part of each turn in practice will also go a long way to helping the middle to distance kind of swimmer.
Might be a good idea to re visit and evaluate the goals you set back in feb as well.
Not having seen this kid swim or practice its tough for me to really say accurately, but based only on the times above maybe really start focusing on the middle distance events in competition. Seems like the longer IM and Free seem to have a bit of a drop off.
In practice keep working on back half of races. Maybe do things like 3 x (3 x 100) on dexcending intervals. or 200 with the intent of negative splitting the second hundred. Longer kick sets and consistently working the underwater part of each turn in practice will also go a long way to helping the middle to distance kind of swimmer.
Might be a good idea to re visit and evaluate the goals you set back in feb as well.
