Winter swimming question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One tip that I can offer is to video tape your child's practice -- and let him/her to see himself/herself swimming --then compare with others who do much better.

Yes do that. Every child wants a parent/coach.

My daughter is on Team Toll. At the beginning of the year meeting they told us basically that they know we want to help our kids, but we are not the coaches, they are. If we see our child doing something that we think is wrong, or something that we think needs to be worked on, please discuss it with the coach, not our child. Probably for this very reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One tip that I can offer is to video tape your child's practice -- and let him/her to see himself/herself swimming --then compare with others who do much better.

Yes do that. Every child wants a parent/coach.

My daughter is on Team Toll. At the beginning of the year meeting they told us basically that they know we want to help our kids, but we are not the coaches, they are. If we see our child doing something that we think is wrong, or something that we think needs to be worked on, please discuss it with the coach, not our child. Probably for this very reason.

Most coaches don't like parents coaching swimmers themselves because that is their job ! I only suggested to taking videos. Kids can see their own problems as my son does -- if breathing too high, if maintaining bodyline etc. I do believe my son benefited a lot from seeing his own swimming. Of course, it depends on kids, but this is the least parents can help..

By the way, I saw an RMSC coach was video taping his swimmer at one-to-one coaching session.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It must depend on the site. I have watched many practices at MLK and never once saw them do drills.

I have never been MLK but I know some excellent swimmers of my son's age group through MCSL meet. A lot Stonegate swimmers are RMSC/MLK swimmers, I can't believe they don't practice drills...

[Anonymous]

OP here. To clarify, my child is not at RMSC.

[Anonymous]

Regardless of where they swim, I think it's still good advice to add a weekly stroke class to improve your child's technique. Good luck, OP!

[Anonymous]

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One tip that I can offer is to video tape your child's practice -- and let him/her to see himself/herself swimming --then compare with others who do much better.

Yes do that. Every child wants a parent/coach.

My daughter is on Team Toll. At the beginning of the year meeting they told us basically that they know we want to help our kids, but we are not the coaches, they are. If we see our child doing something that we think is wrong, or something that we think needs to be worked on, please discuss it with the coach, not our child. Probably for this very reason.

Most coaches don't like parents coaching swimmers themselves because that is their job ! I only suggested to taking videos. Kids can see their own problems as my son does -- if breathing too high, if maintaining bodyline etc. I do believe my son benefited a lot from seeing his own swimming. Of course, it depends on kids, but this is the least parents can help..

By the way, I saw an RMSC coach was video taping his swimmer at one-to-one coaching session.

I was kidding. Neither your child's coach nor your child wants you to be there coach. If you want your child to live a sport, let it be their sport not yours. If you're not happy with the coaching, put your energy into finding a new coach.

for what it's worth, NCAP's program in Alexandria focuses on technique and not just endurance. They also do not over-train.

[Anonymous]

We have been around to all the Northern Virginia programs - AAC, York, Marymount - and we thought they all focused too much on cranking out laps and not enough on technique. I agree with a prior poster that Lou Sharpe at Competition Swim tried to address it - but his pool times were just awful. We finally resorted to private lessons. Expensive - but - worth it for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been around to all the Northern Virginia programs - AAC, York, Marymount - and we thought they all focused too much on cranking out laps and not enough on technique. I agree with a prior poster that Lou Sharpe at Competition Swim tried to address it - but his pool times were just awful. We finally resorted to private lessons. Expensive - but - worth it for us.

Did you have lessons once a week on top of regular practices?