Coaches I feel we need to voice our opinions about a few issues at the Grand Prix meets. I was recently at the Indy Grand Prix meet in March. As some of you know they have capped the meets at 700 swimmers. One of the Grand Prix meets closed in hours. The B flight was […]
Read MoreI feel the culture of quick gratification and instant success is the main thing coaches have to learn to coach around is the number one problem facing the sport. We can outsmart the younger generation by creating daily, weekly and more creative test sets that helps the young athlete feel good about their efforts. Demanding […]
Read MoreHello Coaches and Swimmers. We are going send out two excellent sprint workouts per week for 7 weeks. They were used in a 7 week program along with Dryland/weight training and recovery swimming. For example: Monday – Dryland/Weights, Tuesday – Sprint workout #1, Wednesday – Recovery swimming, Thursday – Day Off, Friday – Dryland/Weights, Saturday […]
Read MoreWorkout #13 Warm up: start into 2 x 300 :15 rest70% 50 kick / 50 swim 2 x 100 choice swim VS by 50 100% – 75% :15 rest 4 x 50 choice swim VS 5 fast strokes / 6 slow strokes50 easy Set #1 4 x 125 on 2:15 1-2 50 kick @ […]
Read MoreWorkout #11 Warm up: start into 600 choice swim @ 70% 4 x 125 choice stroke :15 rest 75 kick 10 fast kicks / 10 slow kicks 50 swim 10 fast strokes / 10 slow strokes 4 x 100 swim VS by 50 75% – 100% :15 rest check heart rate twice and keep between […]
Read MoreWorkout #9 Warm up: start into 400 choice swim @ 70% start into each 8 x 50 kick on side fly or free/ work fly kick off each wall 1-4 no grab start, 5-8 quick start 50 easy Set #1 complete this top stroke swim set twice 6 x 75 on 1:10 build to sprint […]
Read MoreWorkout #7 Warm up: start into 300 choice swim @ 70% Set #1 12 x 75 two strokes by 3 x 75 inc stroke count each 25 :10 rest check heart rate once each stroke to determine speedkeep heart rate +/- 24 – 26 50 easy Set #2 8 x 125 1-4 swim with paddles, […]
Read MoreWorkout #5 Warm up: 300 mix @ 70% 6 x 25 each build to 80% :10 rest Set #1 tarzan set with recovery complete the part twice 5 x 25 on :45 tarzan focus on increasing arm speed thru-out each 25 25 easy on 1:00 into 2nd time thru complete this part twice 3 x […]
Read MoreWorkout #3 Warm up: start into 200 choice swim @ 70% 8 x 50 descend by 2 :10 – :15 rest choice swim 50 easy Set #1 QUALITY :20 rest 8 x 50 odds 25 tarzan / 25 3 up tarzan sprint 2 down easy evens swim 10 fast strokes / 10 slow strokes repeat […]
Read MoreWorkout #1 Warm up: start into 300 reverse IM 25 kick / 25 swim @ 70% Set #1 :20 rest 2 x 100 IM #1 kick, #2 swim @ 75% 200 IM 25 kick / 25 swim @ 75% 4 x 75 @ 80%, IM no fly, odds kick evens swim 4 x 25 […]
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