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Print this entrySwimming Question of the Week - December 4, 2009
You know the main set will be tough. Would you rather see it
a) two minutes before it starts
b) before you get in for warmup
c) one day in advance
d) more than one day in advance
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All is fine because the result will be the same in all cases: I might... no, wait... I will use my rich nasty vocabulary (regarding the set itself, NOT the coach!) and then I'll swim it. :) |
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I like to know several days before. I want to be mentally prepared, for me it 90% mental and 10% physical when it comes to the really hard stuff. Everyone is different, though, some of the swimmers on my team will skip a hard practice if they know it's coming. |
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That's a dilemma as a coach...to pre-announce or not to pre-announce... especially masters, where swimmers have more choice of whether or not to come to a practice or not. But what I've found is that sets that elicit the most groans often work to make the swimmers feel best about themselves for completing them. As a coach, I have to ignore the groans and keep giving them tough sets...not every day but on a regular basis. For tough sets, I personally like to know the day before so I can think about what my goal times will be. |
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(b) for me. What I really dislike is the "surprise" element (perhaps because I'm too old for that), also I like to know what the goal of the session is. Last week (I'm trying a new Mastersclub) and they had a hard main set (tight send offs) but there was no real goal. Had I known in advance then I'd have been able to set my own goals within the parameters of the set. |
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2 minutes before. Gotta live in the moment in this sport. Plan too far into the future, and there's a chance what the coach has designed for you won't be nearly as effective if you're holding back NOW, just because you have something tough coming up. Maybe that set was so tough because the one you just completed was tough. Just my thoughts. :) |
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I'd prefer to see it either before warm-up or right before we start the set. That way, I don't psych myself out :) |
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Barbara, I think for masters it is better not to announce it. No offense, but usually lots of them skip practice if they know it will be hard. |
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I with Glenn, don't tell me until right before or I might talk myself out of doing it well. Hit me with it then get me moving on it right away:) |
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Depends on the set and the day. There are sets you want to announce many days before just to have your athletes handle the stress that comes with it out of the pool. There are other days and set where you build up in to the main set and you don't want your swimmers to hold back during the first part of the workout ... so you only let them know when it's about to start. |
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As a coach, most of my athletes(both boys and girls) prefer to not know in advance, because they start thinking(or dreading) about the set when they should be concentrating on the current set they are on. |
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Just tell me what the next set is. I don't want to know what's after it. I do much better in the 'now'. |
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