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When I first started coaching, a lecturer wrote the following main set down as something that was done each week by Kieran Perkins (World Record Holder for 1500m). 15X 100 on 1:30, hold 30 strokes, hold 40 stroke rate, pace 59 seconds . . .
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Tuesday afternoon was a “progression” of the workout the team did on Monday evening. A lot of familiar things in this session – something we did use quite often in this preparation cycle to allow for more “stability” and to “track” progress more easily.
This is typical Kick-Drill-Swim Stroke Endurance workout for our top HS-aged athletes. The set was pretty tough, and done well across the board.
For all the age group coaches out there I decided to post a seasons worth of workouts from a group I coached at the Y back in 2005-2006. The season consisted of 25 weeks and I was working with mostly beginners who were new to the sport of swimming . . .
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For all the age group coaches out there I decided to post a seasons worth of workouts from a group I coached at the Y back in 2005-2006. The season consisted of 25 weeks and I was working with mostly beginners who were new to the sport of swimming . . .
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Monday evening workout and start of another week of training for the team in Vevey. We were looking at the last couple of hard days in the pool as we prepared for our final meet on the weekend before Long Course Nationals two weeks later.
Speed focused Friday evening session for the team in Vevey. This was the type of workout that doesn’t need a lot of explaining.
This was our last workout with a kick focused main set leading up to Swiss Nationals. We will continue to work the legs but need to give those “big” muscles some more rest.
We’ve increased the amount of resistance training this year with our post-graduate group. A few of our younger athletes are participating in these resistance training workouts as well.
This is an active rest backstroke workout. We snuck in some quality, technical Breast Drills and Fly Swims to get into the workout – and finished with some fast underwater 25s.