I was just put in charge of the rowdiest group of boys I have ever seen. They were so bad I barely got them to do 300 yards in the first practice. I wasn't even able to get their names or any times.
They're middle school level, and while I'd love to keep them, I'm not going to put up with 40 boys who are like that. I want to cut that number to about 30.
I could do a 50 and cut by time, but I was thinking of having them swim a 500, and anyone who touched the floor, stopped to talk, or doesn't finish would be out, especially during the first part of the drill. Do you think that is fair?
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I could use more ideas if you have them.
How about a time dropped board by event. This is where your slowest kids, aka the kids with the most potential, will be able to do the best.
Your fastest kids are always going to be able to step up in any event and take the best time until your team matures. If you see this happening, your best times board might become the discouraging board.
Dropped time by swimmer would be good if the swimmer picked the event they wanted to improve the most during the season. Not sure if your team would be ready to buy into this, but this would hit all the swimmers, instead of just the high end or the low end.
Short term, you could do pick the race. You pick six kids, have them step up and do a 50, the winner picks the next six swimmers and what they will swim. The key being, the race is mixed, the worst kids swimming free against the best kids off strokes, giving everyone a chance to win. You have a time constraint, so maybe you have the heats preset, and the winner of the first heat picks the stroke for one of the kids in the next heat, and the rest are planned ahead of time.
I could use more ideas if you have them.
How about a time dropped board by event. This is where your slowest kids, aka the kids with the most potential, will be able to do the best.
Your fastest kids are always going to be able to step up in any event and take the best time until your team matures. If you see this happening, your best times board might become the discouraging board.
Dropped time by swimmer would be good if the swimmer picked the event they wanted to improve the most during the season. Not sure if your team would be ready to buy into this, but this would hit all the swimmers, instead of just the high end or the low end.
Short term, you could do pick the race. You pick six kids, have them step up and do a 50, the winner picks the next six swimmers and what they will swim. The key being, the race is mixed, the worst kids swimming free against the best kids off strokes, giving everyone a chance to win. You have a time constraint, so maybe you have the heats preset, and the winner of the first heat picks the stroke for one of the kids in the next heat, and the rest are planned ahead of time.
