I have heard variations on the practice like you race idea since I was an age grouper and had always thought I was good at it but I just had a couple of realizations about how I created problems for myself.Lately I had noticed I was having a stall sometimes at the breakout of my BR pullout.I couldn't figure out what was the problem until I realized that one of my favorite sprint sets is 25s with a turn at the end.I would,of course,stop after the pullout and my body was learning to stop there.I'll now do 2 more strokes after each pullout.
At the meet yesterday I was shocked to realize that at the finish of my 100 BR I had my head up instead of down in complete streamline.In workout today I noticed I had gotten in the habit of lifting my head to look a the clock as I finished.
So how about you,any insights you have noticed about practice and meets?
I harp on this with all my age groupers I coach - nothing annoys me more than the last swimmer in the lane easing up as there is no wall space. It's bad form to not finish well and also poor form to block another swimmers wall.
--mj
Yup, I too am really getting tired of mentioning:
"Streamlines"
"No breathing inside the flags"
"Finish to the wall"
"Finish legally"
"Streamlines"
"Good turns"
"Streamlines"
:blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:
I'm contemplating instituting a 'punishment' for these offenses. Probably 3-5 push ups per violation. We'll see how that goes. I'm getting the rep as the 'tough' coach. The other coaches are very nice and very good but are generally a LOT more laid back that I am so I think that contrast is a good thing. The parents think so, the kids, well, we'll see.
I harp on this with all my age groupers I coach - nothing annoys me more than the last swimmer in the lane easing up as there is no wall space. It's bad form to not finish well and also poor form to block another swimmers wall.
--mj
Yup, I too am really getting tired of mentioning:
"Streamlines"
"No breathing inside the flags"
"Finish to the wall"
"Finish legally"
"Streamlines"
"Good turns"
"Streamlines"
:blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:
I'm contemplating instituting a 'punishment' for these offenses. Probably 3-5 push ups per violation. We'll see how that goes. I'm getting the rep as the 'tough' coach. The other coaches are very nice and very good but are generally a LOT more laid back that I am so I think that contrast is a good thing. The parents think so, the kids, well, we'll see.
