I'm not from a competitive swimming background but has volunteer to coach our informal masters group once a week. I'm trying to establish a theme for each session (8-10 weeks). Last one was the 1000 yards. We did lots of pace work and endurance sets for the last 2 months. This next session I've decided to focus on the 100 Fly.
Most of the swimmers can do 25 or 50 yards for a few repeats but that's all. Most of the swimmers are 40-50 years old with no competitive swim background either. Our workouts are 1 hour (3 x week).
Does anyone have any suggestions on sets for 100 Fly or just good resources for coaching in general.
Thanks so much!!
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Thanks, Paul, for your observations. Sometimes I don't articulate as precisely as I think. I believe, in butterfly, it's absolutely necessary to get the head down at the same time that the arms are recovering. (Maybe that's a better way of putting it.) I guess I word it the way I do so getting the head down and recovery will occur simultaneously. The swimmer new to butterfly needs to understand the timing issue. The reason I teach this way is that I often see swimmers with their heads up looking straight ahead, arms out of the water and hips diving for the bottom. The classic "Butter-Struggle". Getting the head down before or AS the arms recover will help to keep the butt up and their body on a more level plane. (Will you accept "AS the arms recover"?)
I don't coach kids but I do occasionally see an adult novice diving too deep. Novice adults don't like going too deep. In fact, it's hard to get them to do u/w dolphin kicks where you need to be well under the surface (2-3 feet).
Respectfully, *** Pitman
Thanks, Paul, for your observations. Sometimes I don't articulate as precisely as I think. I believe, in butterfly, it's absolutely necessary to get the head down at the same time that the arms are recovering. (Maybe that's a better way of putting it.) I guess I word it the way I do so getting the head down and recovery will occur simultaneously. The swimmer new to butterfly needs to understand the timing issue. The reason I teach this way is that I often see swimmers with their heads up looking straight ahead, arms out of the water and hips diving for the bottom. The classic "Butter-Struggle". Getting the head down before or AS the arms recover will help to keep the butt up and their body on a more level plane. (Will you accept "AS the arms recover"?)
I don't coach kids but I do occasionally see an adult novice diving too deep. Novice adults don't like going too deep. In fact, it's hard to get them to do u/w dolphin kicks where you need to be well under the surface (2-3 feet).
Respectfully, *** Pitman
