WCPSC Swimmers - Top Training Tips
- Attend as many training sessions as possible each week.
- Always make sure you have all the necessary equipment in your bag before you leave home.(i.e. costume, goggles, towels, pull buoy, fins, drink bottle, hand paddles, shampoo.)
- Every training session is an opportunity to learn more about your swimming and improve your performance.
- Always arrive in plenty of time for your session, so you can complete at least five minutes of quality stretching.
- Listen carefully to your coaches.They are trying very hard to help you become the best-possible swimmer.
- Pay attention to the pace clock.Try to time all your swims, and make sure your rest intervals are exactly as indicated by the coaches.
- Make sure you swim at the speed the coach asks for.
- Ensure that all your turns are performed fast and correctly.
- Finish every length correctly, accelerating into the wall.Then get out of the way of the swimmer who is behind you in the lane.
- Your strokes are the most important thing of all in training. Always try for good technique, thinking hard about the points your coaches have mentioned. Good swimmers must have the ability to concentrate on what their hands, legs etc. are doing.
- Drink plenty of fluids in training to ensure that you do not become dehydrated.
- Do all your training swims to the very best of your ability. Cheating is not for winners!
- Perfection of a skill can only be achieved if you are practising it correctly over and over again.
- Enjoy every session. When you get out of the pool at the end you should feel pleased with yourself because you know that you have done your best, and you will therefore have improved.
- Swimming training is like having a bank account. If you put in lots of effort, you will have a great deal to draw out (stamina, speed, strength etc.) when you are in an important race.
- If you want to achieve your full potential, your training in the pool needs to be supplemented by land training work. This will make you stronger, will make your heart and lungs work more efficiently, and improve both your flexibility and your endurance.
- With your coach, decide on your short-term and long-term goals so you always have an aim in your swimming.
- You should understand why you are doing each activity in training. If you do not understand the reason for it, and how it will help your performance, ask your coach to explain.
