Ande's virtual coaching

I have learned more from Ande and other members of this board than I did as a kid from all my coaches. My first coach just wrote workouts on index cards, slipped them into a clear plastic bag, pinned them to the blocks and did his own thing....I don't know what, but I do know that he eventually became a real estate agent. My second coach used to give us these incredibly long sets like 1000m or 1500m of straight crawl (and this was a 50m pool) then he would go to his office and read the newspaper. My third coach was the nicest and the most interested. He is still involved in swimming now, has his own aquatic center and had a swimmer who did really well at the most recent para-olympics. But soon after I moved into his care I went to boarding school and left town and only swam with him during the holidays. I stopped swimming when I was 16 and only started up again just over a year ago. There was so much I had forgotten and so many questions I needed to ask. This board has been an outstanding resource. So I am extremely grateful to people like Ande and other members of this board who are so generous with their knowledge.

I have learned more from Ande and other members of this board than I did as a kid from all my coaches. My first coach just wrote workouts on index cards, slipped them into a clear plastic bag, pinned them to the blocks and did his own thing....I don't know what, but I do know that he eventually became a real estate agent. My second coach used to give us these incredibly long sets like 1000m or 1500m of straight crawl (and this was a 50m pool) then he would go to his office and read the newspaper. My third coach was the nicest and the most interested. He is still involved in swimming now, has his own aquatic center and had a swimmer who did really well at the most recent para-olympics. But soon after I moved into his care I went to boarding school and left town and only swam with him during the holidays. I stopped swimming when I was 16 and only started up again just over a year ago. There was so much I had forgotten and so many questions I needed to ask. This board has been an outstanding resource. So I am extremely grateful to people like Ande and other members of this board who are so generous with their knowledge.