Masters team coaching pay

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. So you're in a good position to know how important video is. Even if you didn't show your swimmers the clips, the mere fact that you take the time slow mo underwater, overwater analyzing their stroke makes you a good coach. It makes you someone that can identify strange things, find the cause, and design a strategy to address the issue. This is the only darn way that I know one can make a decent job on the deck. I know I may sound arch. Back in my days, I could understand but nowadays? Frankly I don't. Cams are the size of a credit card, you probably got one on your phone, and it can probably transmits wire less to some cheap monitor or something. I never really like screaming at a swimmers technical stuff anyway. Taking them out of the water for a casual talk around a tv set creates an atmosphere that's perfect for catching swimmer's attention. Sometimes interesting details pop up that would otherwise be left untold in the cold context of deck to pool interaction. And the others? Since they know exactly on which mission to work, I leave them alone. I coach spending a lot of my time sitting on a chair chatting with swimmers, manipulating bodies in front of the mirror dry land etc. The session gets explained in details at the beginning. So they know what direction to give to the session. Swimmers swim smartly when they know in advance what's the main set and how it should be swam. If the intervals are well designed, the sets don't become messy. And if you set carefully picked challenges, team spirit kicks in within the lanes, swimmers have fun, no need to be on their tales screaming or something.

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. So you're in a good position to know how important video is. Even if you didn't show your swimmers the clips, the mere fact that you take the time slow mo underwater, overwater analyzing their stroke makes you a good coach. It makes you someone that can identify strange things, find the cause, and design a strategy to address the issue. This is the only darn way that I know one can make a decent job on the deck. I know I may sound arch. Back in my days, I could understand but nowadays? Frankly I don't. Cams are the size of a credit card, you probably got one on your phone, and it can probably transmits wire less to some cheap monitor or something. I never really like screaming at a swimmers technical stuff anyway. Taking them out of the water for a casual talk around a tv set creates an atmosphere that's perfect for catching swimmer's attention. Sometimes interesting details pop up that would otherwise be left untold in the cold context of deck to pool interaction. And the others? Since they know exactly on which mission to work, I leave them alone. I coach spending a lot of my time sitting on a chair chatting with swimmers, manipulating bodies in front of the mirror dry land etc. The session gets explained in details at the beginning. So they know what direction to give to the session. Swimmers swim smartly when they know in advance what's the main set and how it should be swam. If the intervals are well designed, the sets don't become messy. And if you set carefully picked challenges, team spirit kicks in within the lanes, swimmers have fun, no need to be on their tales screaming or something.