In one of the other threads the topic of season planning was brought up. In one of the coaching courses I took they covered season planning with respect to learning the fundamentals, and I can envision a season plan for an individual, but how to create a team season plan is still somewhat of a mystery for me when I think about the diversity of experience levels and stroke and distance variations and the other factors that can vary widely on a diverse masters team.
Are there good resources available somewhere that would lead an inexperienced masters coach through planning out a season?
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Thanks Solar, I don't have any Bompa in my personal library, and the only one in the NB library is strength training. I used google to find this set of articles on the topic:
swimming.about.com/.../trainingplan_hs.htm
If you know of other good online material please post a link!
I'm pretty sure that none of my club coaches has been working from a season plan...
Does anyone have opinions on splitting the pool season into two complete cycles (with open water being a potential third cycle) versus one cycle spanning the complete pool season? Up north here I don't thing we have well defined short and long course seasons.
What sort of training do you fit the non-competitive swimmers into? Or do you just let them pick between sprint, mid-distance, etc?
Thanks Solar, I don't have any Bompa in my personal library, and the only one in the NB library is strength training. I used google to find this set of articles on the topic:
swimming.about.com/.../trainingplan_hs.htm
If you know of other good online material please post a link!
I'm pretty sure that none of my club coaches has been working from a season plan...
Does anyone have opinions on splitting the pool season into two complete cycles (with open water being a potential third cycle) versus one cycle spanning the complete pool season? Up north here I don't thing we have well defined short and long course seasons.
What sort of training do you fit the non-competitive swimmers into? Or do you just let them pick between sprint, mid-distance, etc?
