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.
Thanks, Mike. You brought up a good point about finishing. One of my swimmers mentioned yesterday that she didn't finish. I explained to her that I have to write the workout for the fastest and the slowest in the workout. Some days, I scale back the distances for the slower lanes so everyone gets to all the sets. But other days, when I want everyone, even the slowest lane, do longer sets, some lanes won't get to everything. But that is okay. I put the sets that I want everyone to do at the beginning.
Thanks, Mike. You brought up a good point about finishing. One of my swimmers mentioned yesterday that she didn't finish. I explained to her that I have to write the workout for the fastest and the slowest in the workout. Some days, I scale back the distances for the slower lanes so everyone gets to all the sets. But other days, when I want everyone, even the slowest lane, do longer sets, some lanes won't get to everything. But that is okay. I put the sets that I want everyone to do at the beginning.
