Monthly Archives: February 2017

Swimming, 27th February 2017

Forgot to take my session plan, so I just swam 2.7km front crawl and did turn practice. My turns are definitely improving. Breathing on the stroke before the turn is becoming more rare and I’m becoming more comfortable with turning … Continue reading

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Swimming, 23rd February 2017

Couldn’t swim the previous day due to clashes with other stuff, so again I fell back to the old standard of front crawl and turn practice. Swam 2.8km front crawl in the end, practising my turns along the way. Feel … Continue reading

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Example videos to show swimmers

I’ve been hunting for example videos to which I can direct the swimmers I’m coaching as examples of what I’m asking them to try to do. I’m not interested in getting them to copy a given swimmer’s style at all … Continue reading

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Swimming, 21st February 2017

Didn’t swim on Monday as I didn’t feel particularly well. I’ve missed a fair bit recently what with half term changing the pool times. Today half the pool was roped off for some training thing that was going on and … Continue reading

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Delivering the first of my own sessions

Last night I delivered the first of my own sessions to the swimmers I usually coach as part of the post-course work for the Swimming Coach qualification. Friday evening is just an hour session for my group and as my … Continue reading

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Swimming, 16th February 2017

Last swim of half term week as it turned out. Half the pool was in use for lifeguard training so there wasn’t much room. I just did 2km front crawl again to keep the momentum going. Total distance for the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 14th February 2017

Time is limited this week because there are holiday clubs taking place at the time I normally swim and the pool is also running a lifesaving course that needs to use the pool a fair bit. I didn’t get to … Continue reading

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Swimming, 10th February 2017

Another Swimfit session that worked out as: 12 lengths front crawl 8 lengths breaststroke 4 lengths backstroke 1 minute rest 12 lengths, moderate pace alternating front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, 15 seconds rest 8 x 1 length front crawl, 1 length … Continue reading

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The training course that won’t die

I’m still working my way through the dregs of the coursework for the Swimming Coach qualification. It’s taking a fair while to get everything to what either I or the tutors feel is an acceptable standard. At the rate things … Continue reading

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Swimming, 9th February 2017

I was having a fairly stressful day today, so it was something of a guilty pleasure to sneak off and spend some time swimming to relax even though I didn’t really have the time. I swam 2,600m front crawl, mainly … Continue reading

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