Any suggestions from anyone? Here's the deal:
We started 5 years ago with 27 gung ho masters swimmers--of very mixed ability. There are 2 of us left standing...
We work out with the kids who are trying to maintain fitness for highschool swim season or are trying to get into more challenging age group workouts. Again mixed ability.
$173 per trimester
4 workouts a week..ALL at 7:45 pm.
The triathlon group in town has 60 + members.
Triathletes get discouraged because of the stroke work
One of our coachs is great, the other is only fair.
6 coaches in 5 years.
What are we doing wrong? The program is on life support!
PS: Personally, I am never going to stop, ever.
I don't know how many lanes you get or if your coaches are OK with this, but offer more than 1 option during each workout -- for example, one oriented towards freestyle/tri-crowd and one oriented towards "pure swim" crowd who are OK with stroke work. The sets could actually be largely the same, just change intervals and maybe add in some extra stuff for the free/tri crowd.
I think the tri crowd is your best bet for beefing up the program, so make sure you're catering to them.
I have no idea what pricing is like for that area, but ~$43 per month (assuming you meant 4 month trimesters) for only four workouts a week seems steep. Granted, we have better pool access out west, but I pay $60 per month and have access to 11 workouts a week year round, plus an additional 5 during the winter months.
When I travel around the country, drop-in fees (when there are some) seem to hover around $7 per workout. Can you get your fees to $30 per month? would that make a difference?
I don't know how many lanes you get or if your coaches are OK with this, but offer more than 1 option during each workout -- for example, one oriented towards freestyle/tri-crowd and one oriented towards "pure swim" crowd who are OK with stroke work. The sets could actually be largely the same, just change intervals and maybe add in some extra stuff for the free/tri crowd.
I think the tri crowd is your best bet for beefing up the program, so make sure you're catering to them.
I have no idea what pricing is like for that area, but ~$43 per month (assuming you meant 4 month trimesters) for only four workouts a week seems steep. Granted, we have better pool access out west, but I pay $60 per month and have access to 11 workouts a week year round, plus an additional 5 during the winter months.
When I travel around the country, drop-in fees (when there are some) seem to hover around $7 per workout. Can you get your fees to $30 per month? would that make a difference?
