The 5 Biggest Issues in Swim Coaching & How Understanding Them Can Help Mentors Be Better Than Ever
Streamlines #4: There are five big issues that coaches are debating and wrestling with the world over: volume vs sprint; drop out; collaborative coaching; the role of dryland; parents as partners Let's take a look at each issue in turn...
StreamLines No4: Swimming can be a little different depending on where you live – and where you swim.
In some countries, swimmers have to jump out of bed in the freezing cold and struggle through sleet and snow to get to the pool for their morning workout.
In other nations, practice is conducted in the warm, salt water of the Pacific Ocean in makeshift swimming facilities built around reefs and shallows.
This sport can be experienced in all manner of aquatic facilities and climatic extremes but there are many, many similarities and common challenges coaches face across the globe.
Whether you’re in Monaco or Melbourne, Boston or Berlin, Durban or Dubai – there are five big issues that coaches are contemplating, debating and deliberating on all over the world.
The fabulous five are:
- The VOLUME vs SPRINT debate;
- The DROP OUT rate problem;
- The COLLABORATIVE Coaching Model;
- The DRYLAND debate;
- The PARENTS as PARTNERS concept.
Let’s take a close look at these five issues and consider some potential solutions to the sport’s most complex coaching conundrums:
