As a coach and swimmer, you can simplify the seemingly complex training strategies designed to make swimmers faster by understanding and following progressive adaptations to stress. As complex as scientific principles may seem, if you apply stress to your body and allow it to adapt to that stress you will swim faster. When you record important baseline fundamentals (kicking, sprints, pain tolerance, edurance, pace, stroke rate efficiency / technical efficiency, breakouts, starts and turns) and have a plan to objectively evaluate and improve upon them, you will get faster. Use the scientific information that is valid and use it to train smarter. This information is fantastic but unless it helps you to train more effectively, it's not really helping you. I think all this information comes down to applying it so you train smarter and not just harder. Good luck, Coach T.
As a coach and swimmer, you can simplify the seemingly complex training strategies designed to make swimmers faster by understanding and following progressive adaptations to stress. As complex as scientific principles may seem, if you apply stress to your body and allow it to adapt to that stress you will swim faster. When you record important baseline fundamentals (kicking, sprints, pain tolerance, edurance, pace, stroke rate efficiency / technical efficiency, breakouts, starts and turns) and have a plan to objectively evaluate and improve upon them, you will get faster. Use the scientific information that is valid and use it to train smarter. This information is fantastic but unless it helps you to train more effectively, it's not really helping you. I think all this information comes down to applying it so you train smarter and not just harder. Good luck, Coach T.
