It’s important to define what success means for yourself (or your organization) in order to tell if you were successful in the past and to know what you need to work on or improve in order to keep being successful in the future.
Save Wright State – College Swimming
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) did lead a campaign to help save the Wright State Women’s and Men’s Swimming and Diving (WSU) programs.
Dreamfuel – Get Erin to the FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest
Due to the lack of funding, Swimming South Africa’s athletes are required to pay their our own way to international events such as World Championships.
Dreamfuel – Get Lindsay to compete at Mare Nostrum in Europe!
For the past two years Lindsay McLeod has been out of the swimming world due to a diagnosis of TOS (thoracic outlet syndrome) which resulted in two surgeries.
The Swim Brief – On Test Sets
For this episode of the Swim Brief Podcast, we got North Baltimore Aquatic Club Senior and 2008 US Olympic Coach Paul Yetter to weigh in on “Test Sets”. Why do we use them? What are they for? And what are they exactly?
Paul Yetter goes deep, including an explanation of how Jon Urbanchek’s color charts helped him to become a better coach in 2006 and ways you need to scale what you measure to different types of swimmers.
I really don’t do too much in the way of test sets. I guess we do repeat sets so we could call them test sets?! It’s a very small portion of our training. We do 10×300 on 330 SCY or something of that sort but I really am less consistent than I should be to call it a test set. I use it for Jon Urbancheck’s color chart placement.
This episode’s challenge
Put your stopwatches away for a full practice.
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The Science of Winning (Dr. Jan Olbrecht) Color Chart Excel Sheet (The Swimming Wizard) Making Test Sets Meaningful (Coach Michael Murray of Victor Swim Club) |
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About Chris DeSantis Coaching
There is a lot more to excellence than how you move in the pool. Your mindset determines how much you get out of a practice or a competition. Serious swimmers also know that technical skills make all the difference. Coach Chris can get you personalized workouts that deliver incredibly efficient results. You can get improvement with less time in the water and a better life out of it, keep the sport fun for kids, or take high level performance even higher.
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Love and Support for the Turcottes
Coach Jason was most recently the CEO and Head Coach of Dynamo Swim Club, a position he held since 2006. During his tenure at Dynamo, he led the club with unselfish dedication to both the athletes and to the sport of swimming.
The Swim Brief – The Legend of 100x100s
Following up on last week’s introduction, we have it out about 100×100 and sets like it. We take both sides of the debate and discuss some of the things we look for when considering a swim practice like this.
Stats & Memberships Report: May 2017
Excitement kept building on PSW during the month of May. We’re going to try to fill the gap for better conversations around swimming in the shape of our partnership with Coach Chris DeSantis.
The Swim Brief – Lets Nerd Out About Some Swim Workouts
This week is the first of many Podcasts to come where we’re going to talk about swim workouts!
International Water Safety Foundation
The International Water Safety Foundation is a non-profit organization raising drowning awareness while bringing basic swimming, water safety, and safe rescue skills to children in developing countries.