South East PA Swim Coaching

I didn't realize how far behind I am in posts and updates. We are still here and still swimming storong. Keep you eyes and calenders open for upcoming swim clinincs.

It is always great to see progress in our swimmers. This swimmer came to us last fall wanting to learn to swim. At that time she could go thru the motions, but had no form or endurance. She has been in once a month for the past 4 months. She has progressed from swim only a half a length of the pool at a time to doing a 500 yard set as part of her swim this past week.

GET PAID TO SWIM.

It is that time of the year again. One of our dealers will have a booth at the Philadelphia Home Show. They have asked us (Endless Pools) to provide swimmers during the show, you can also run on the Underwater Treadmill. They have agreed to pay $20 per hour plus parking.

I would like to book one hours blocks, but you can do more or less. The show hours are:
Friday Jan 12 Noon to 8pm
Saturday Jan 13 10am to 9pm
Sunday Jan 14 10am to 6pm
Monday Jan 15 11am to 6pm

Friday Jan 19 Noon to 8pm
Saturday Jan 20 10am to 9pm
Sunday Jan 21 10am to 6pm

Interesting, but I think I will keep using my Garmin for now.

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I worked with several swimmers today. The one that stood out the most was this gentleman. He has been swimming about 3 months. He as been watching online videos and used some verbal advice. He still felt he was missing something. He came in today for help. Using underwater video I was able to determine his problem and get his glide straightened out. His catch corrected it self.

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It is always nice to get updates from you swimmers. This evening I received a message the high school student I recently work with did great on his tryouts and made his school swim team.

We have had numerous coaching sessions over the past two months. Here are some of the people we are working with. The first is of a couple that are going on a cruise the December and want to learn to swim. The next two are of a High School student looking to fine tune his swim for his team tryouts. The next is a lady from a local club that is adding swimming to her exercise routine. Last is a cross fit instructor who would like to learn to swim to do some triathlons next year.

Doing drills are never fun, but they are beneficial.

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Great swim session with a lady today who is.looking to get into triathlons. She recently bought fins to improved her kicking. We worked on drills she can use to improve her arm stroke and kicking all while using her fins.

How can you tell if you are getting better, swim test sets. I rotate between four different swim workouts. One workout is always a test set. I don't plan for it, I don't rest for it, I just swim it. Resting up for a test set can give you false results.

Are Test Sets Beneficial? - Swimming Science The truth about test sets.

I have posted links to several articles, but this is by far the best. Unfortunately, it is a scan from the latest US Masters magazine. It is not available to read online. So I scanned the pages and uploaded them. You made need to save the images locally so you can zoom in to read the article or print the pages.

There is one addition to help the catch that I learned in a videocast held by the recent coaches from the Olympics. For that, you need to come out to a swim session in December. With our underwater cameras, we can evaluate your swim to see where you may need improvements.