There are times when we have specific instructions for what our sets are designed to accomplish, but as you leave the wall down that black line Logan and I often wonder if we were speaking your language.
When giving feedback after a race I hear a lot of coaches including myself touching on the same specifics of a swimmers race that they need to go back to practice and focus on. Some of the things that I hear are what I call meet specifics that are used very well by the fastest in a meet. These meet specifics are streamlines that are critical in trying to reduce drag and get up to race speed. Underwater dolphins 🐬 or fish kick off your streamlines. It is important that you understand being under isn’t fast in itself and it is something that takes a long time to develop. Body position which could be your head, core or hips, and your kick power and size of your kick, too far out all your doing is splashing. These are all things that you need to focus in on when going through drills and set and when it doesn’t happen it becomes the coaches dilemma.
Let’s say we are working through a descending set and you all are putting in a great effort with your intervals. The question is do we allow allow you to continue with the set even though your not working the walls the way the fastest do in the meets. Do we praise you for for the effort or start over since our meet skills are being ignored.
SO when you listen, let’s try and listen with the intent of understanding and put that into practice as we work our way through practice.
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