Introduction.
I coach 3 mornings a week at a 25 meter pool with an average of 25 swimmers in 5 lanes. I coach 2 evenings a week at a 25 yard pool with an average of 12-14 swimmers in 5 lanes. Both workouts are for one hour. They are mixed groups with competitive swimmers, triathletes, and people who just want a good workout. Ages range from 20 to 87, with an occassional teen-ager dropping in. My emphasis is on techinique and pace. I swim 3 days a week with a coach at a Y pool. I use some sets that I learn from my coach, Laura Peter. I also write a workout for myself for Saturday mornings. The workouts that I coach are 2500-2800 meters for the fastest lane, scaled down for other lanes. In the yard pool, they are 2700-3000 yards for the fastest lanes. For my personal workouts, I aim for 2500 yards and try to boost it to 2700 in the fall.
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Friday, Jan 22, Meter Pool
I have never felt confident teaching butterfly. However, I really liked the “West Side Fly Progression” that was in the USMS Coaches’ newsletter. I am going to start on it today. See link above.
Warm-Up (600-900)
200 Swim
200 Kick
200 Pull
100 Swim
100 Kick
100 Pull
Butterfly Progression (10-15 min)
Steps 1-3 (4 if time)
Main (1200)
300 Swim, 300 Pull
200 Swim, 200 Pull
100 Swim, 100 Pull
Cool-Down (100-200)
(2-4) x 50 easy
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
Friday, Jan 22, Meter Pool
I have never felt confident teaching butterfly. However, I really liked the “West Side Fly Progression” that was in the USMS Coaches’ newsletter. I am going to start on it today. See link above.
Warm-Up (600-900)
200 Swim
200 Kick
200 Pull
100 Swim
100 Kick
100 Pull
Butterfly Progression (10-15 min)
Steps 1-3 (4 if time)
Main (1200)
300 Swim, 300 Pull
200 Swim, 200 Pull
100 Swim, 100 Pull
Cool-Down (100-200)
(2-4) x 50 easy