Hey guys, last summer I posted some video of my novice son swimming and many of you were kind enough to give feedback and some ideas. Well, now 9 years-old, he has improved a ton (now he gets points for his team) but still has plenty of room for improvement. This fall he will start a DC area program called Curl-Burke (not sure if any of you are familiar with this and can give some insight), which hopefully will help his fitness and stroke. Swimming is really about the only exercise he gets because he doesn't enjoy other sports and is busy with piano. Anyhow, this summer I'm working with him (they don't do any stroke development on the summer neighborhood team), and I would appreciate your input.
A little background; in the 50M freestyle his time is about 46 sec with a very weak start and weak turns. I don't know his butterfly time (he DQ'd in time trials due to non-simultaneous touch). His *** stroke is by far his weakest, doing the 50 in 1:15. Here are some videos. Thanks.
Freestyle (medium pace):
YouTube - 004
YouTube - 005
YouTube - 007
YouTube - 008
***:
YouTube - 010
YouTube - 011
Butterfly:
YouTube - 013
YouTube - 015
Thanks.
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I did not say anything about all coaches. Better a parent that cares then a coach who does not.
I happened to be there and watching a so called coach. I have no respect for that coach. Is it required that I respect a coach that seems to know how take money under false pretences. Any parent could have written the workout and any parent would have been able to do as good a job as that coach.
So, you're saying you would have loved for your inexperienced mom or dad to take you aside and correct your strokes three times a week? You seem to have little regard for coaches. There are actually many of us out here who "coach" and spend entire practices doing nothing but yelling out stroke instructions to our swimmers as they swim.
I would have hated it if my mom or dad hovered around the pool coaching me all the time. One of the best things about swimming was that it was MY thing and not theirs...
I did not say anything about all coaches. Better a parent that cares then a coach who does not.
I happened to be there and watching a so called coach. I have no respect for that coach. Is it required that I respect a coach that seems to know how take money under false pretences. Any parent could have written the workout and any parent would have been able to do as good a job as that coach.
So, you're saying you would have loved for your inexperienced mom or dad to take you aside and correct your strokes three times a week? You seem to have little regard for coaches. There are actually many of us out here who "coach" and spend entire practices doing nothing but yelling out stroke instructions to our swimmers as they swim.
I would have hated it if my mom or dad hovered around the pool coaching me all the time. One of the best things about swimming was that it was MY thing and not theirs...
