I wonder what coaches think about swimmers who seek advice from other swimmers and coaches. I see swimmers here asking advice about what they should do to improve their times. When the best solution should be to ask their own coach. If you don't have faith in you swim clubs coach, I would suggest you change clubs or leave your team and then let some forumite coach you.
George,
Many swimmers here don't have a coach, they train themselves.
My coach and I collaborate. I let her know my season plans and which meets I'm going to and which events I'm focusing on & we adjust accordingly. I also pick seasonal projects, like
splitting races better or
improving my flutter kick or SDK, or
breastroke, or
sprinting the last 50 of 500's, 400's & 200's.
Sometimes I focus on attempting to break records.
In the past I've turned to other swimmers for help. I asked David Guthrie to help me with my breastroke. I improved my butterfly by watching William Paulus when I was a HS senior. Stuart Smith gave me some great Breastroke technique tips in college. I've alot from training with other great swimmers, like I learned to glide longer on breastroke push offs by training with Todd Bartee.
I don't think coaches mind when their swimmers have goals and special projects. I encourage swimmers on teams to work within their given workouts and not be vigilanties, but when there's 1 coach and 40 swimmers, it's important for swimmers to advocate for themselves and make sure their training needs are met.
With Swim Faster Faster and Ask Ande I offer advice in some areas and decline advice in others. Like swimmers who are coming off illness, injuries or surgeries I say start off easy and work with your coach, doctor, physical therapist and any other medical professionals who are giving you advice.
Ande
I wonder what coaches think about swimmers who seek advice from other swimmers and coaches. I see swimmers here asking advice about what they should do to improve their times. When the best solution should be to ask their own coach. If you don't have faith in you swim clubs coach, I would suggest you change clubs or leave your team and then let some forumite coach you.
George,
Many swimmers here don't have a coach, they train themselves.
My coach and I collaborate. I let her know my season plans and which meets I'm going to and which events I'm focusing on & we adjust accordingly. I also pick seasonal projects, like
splitting races better or
improving my flutter kick or SDK, or
breastroke, or
sprinting the last 50 of 500's, 400's & 200's.
Sometimes I focus on attempting to break records.
In the past I've turned to other swimmers for help. I asked David Guthrie to help me with my breastroke. I improved my butterfly by watching William Paulus when I was a HS senior. Stuart Smith gave me some great Breastroke technique tips in college. I've alot from training with other great swimmers, like I learned to glide longer on breastroke push offs by training with Todd Bartee.
I don't think coaches mind when their swimmers have goals and special projects. I encourage swimmers on teams to work within their given workouts and not be vigilanties, but when there's 1 coach and 40 swimmers, it's important for swimmers to advocate for themselves and make sure their training needs are met.
With Swim Faster Faster and Ask Ande I offer advice in some areas and decline advice in others. Like swimmers who are coming off illness, injuries or surgeries I say start off easy and work with your coach, doctor, physical therapist and any other medical professionals who are giving you advice.
Ande
I wonder what coaches think about swimmers who seek advice from other swimmers and coaches. I see swimmers here asking advice about what they should do to improve their times. When the best solution should be to ask their own coach. If you don't have faith in you swim clubs coach, I would suggest you change clubs or leave your team and then let some forumite coach you.
