How many o you know what is paid to your coach/coaches for the season ?
Do you pay into a required fund for the team or a monthly pay or how does the team do it?
how much do you think the coach should make for the time & effort of practices -meets - meetings required to run the team?
I coach a Masters Swimming team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I mainly do it for the fun of coaching and seeing people improve. We are part of a kids team and most of our dues goes to supporting them. That is how we actually get pool time. I get about $350 a month after taxes (of course I have a full-time job doing something else.) I guess what keeps me from doing a better job is lack of time and energy. I have for several years been filming our swimmers, creating a DVD of their strokes (front view and side view) and turns, with comments during the slow motion video on what to improve. I created a rig so that I can film above and below the water simultaneously. I purchased an underwater bullet or helmet cam on eBay and feed into a camcorder for the underwater video. An other camcorder is used to record the above water video. I use a video editing program to show the two views at the same time on the DVD. I always try to work on their strokes during workout. I have a library of about 20 DVD videos I purchased to loan out to our swimmers. I have been doing this for about 25 years. The first few years I did it for free. I also enjoy writing workouts that challenge a swimmer to work harder than they expect. In many towns a full-time Masters Swimming Coach is unrealistic given the number of swimmers available in the town. We have about 45 swimmers on our team. Hopefully my team is happy with what they are getting.
I coach a Masters Swimming team in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I mainly do it for the fun of coaching and seeing people improve. We are part of a kids team and most of our dues goes to supporting them. That is how we actually get pool time. I get about $350 a month after taxes (of course I have a full-time job doing something else.) I guess what keeps me from doing a better job is lack of time and energy. I have for several years been filming our swimmers, creating a DVD of their strokes (front view and side view) and turns, with comments during the slow motion video on what to improve. I created a rig so that I can film above and below the water simultaneously. I purchased an underwater bullet or helmet cam on eBay and feed into a camcorder for the underwater video. An other camcorder is used to record the above water video. I use a video editing program to show the two views at the same time on the DVD. I always try to work on their strokes during workout. I have a library of about 20 DVD videos I purchased to loan out to our swimmers. I have been doing this for about 25 years. The first few years I did it for free. I also enjoy writing workouts that challenge a swimmer to work harder than they expect. In many towns a full-time Masters Swimming Coach is unrealistic given the number of swimmers available in the town. We have about 45 swimmers on our team. Hopefully my team is happy with what they are getting.
