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Sprint oriented workouts.
Starting this new week of training with relaxed low-end aerobic focused morning session as a type of a long “warm-up” for the day and also working a bit on short-axis strokes. One of the goals for this week was to include some longer uninterrupted swimming which we did during the evening session.
Overall relaxed Saturday morning practice for the Elite group in Biel. Low-end aerobic work mixed with short sprints and ending the session with a few minutes of float drills.
Mid-week aerobic and sprint focused morning for the team in Biel. It was a busy day at school and most athletes had to leave a bit earlier this Wednesday, so it was a bit shorter than planned.
Starting this new week with two mostly aerobic focused sessions. The early morning workout was aiming to help the athletes set up for the day and simply get the ball rolling.
First full day of training of the new season including a morning and evening practice for the team in Biel. The early morning session was done at the CTS in Biel while the evening took place at the BASPO in Magglingen.
This Thursday evening started with their “season kick-off team meeting” and thus we jumped in about 30 minutes later. We still got good work done continuing our aerobic and sprint mix theme during this first week to get back in the groove.
Wednesday is a single session day in Biel with only a morning workout providing the athletes some rest mid-week in the afternoon.
Monday evening was the last practice for the STBB NWF Elite + Kader groups with their retiring Head Coach Annelies Maas. She let the team play water-polo and they got a good workout out of that to kick-off the new season.
First official workout of the new season for the Beluga group this Tuesday evening. This squad includes 10 and 11 year old kids transitioning from the smaller learn to swim pool and taking their first steps in a “training & competition” group.
Last couple of days before the start of Swiss Long Course Championships in Geneva. We had a recovery focused day in Basel including two shorter workouts incorporating a few fast efforts.