GoSwim Gold
Print this entrySwimming Question of the Week - August 11, 2010
Continuing the discussion from last week about coaches and swimmers:
Question 1)
Can a poor swimmer become great with a great coach?
Question 2)
Can a great swimmer thrive with a great coach?
Responses
|
1- IF THE SWIMMER WANT TO AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS , AND THE COACH WANT TO MAKE THE SWIMMER
|
|
|
1) I think it depends on the mindset of the swimmer 2) Definately |
|
|
How come nobody wants to comment on the questions about the "great coach" compared to the comments about the poor coach? :) My take on part 1. A coach can NOT create a great swimmer. Depending on your definition of a "great swimmer", the coach CAN inspire the swimmer to reach their potential both technically and physiologically... but can a great coach take anyone off the street, even if they're extremely motivated, and put them on the Olympic Team? Doubtful. There is still some innate skills that some people have, that others won't be able to get. Does this mean if you're not born with those skills, you should just give up? Absolutely NOT. Again, reaching your potential is the toughest journey of all, and just because someone doesn't become world famous, or break world records, doesn't stop them from becoming great in my book. So... #1 was really to see how we all determine what "great" is. For the second part, there are SO many issues involved at the top levels of the sport, and if you look at the top swimmers, and top coaches, you now are dealing with very successful people. People who are incredibly driven, and who generally don't accept much less than the ultimate effort and sacrifice. Because of this, also understand that there is much stress and tension that come with being the best. Unless the "great" coach and "great" swimmer understand that they're both after the same thing... conflict can bring them both down. It's only wine and roses when everything works... and it takes sometimes months, or years to get to that point. On that road, striving for the ultimate in anything (reaching your potential), there is much struggle for the hope that that ONE day... it all comes together. It's a total balancing act until that day, and sometimes a very fragile relationship. Basically... the tough part about greatness working with greatness is sometimes people that are too much alike don't always fit together. In other words... it's NEVER easy. :) |
|
|
Glenn, I think you used a great term - potential. You're right, no one is going to come off the street and make the olympics. But great coaching can certainly help that swimmer achieve their full potential, even if it is a 50 second 50 free. |
qotaeba abbasi
Big K
Glenn Mills
jeff
Please The Pool
- Articles
- Motivational Articles
- Pic of the Week
- Question of the Week
- Set of the Week
- Go Swim With Us
- Bios
- Links
More
Underwater Tag Cloud
1650 Aaron Peirsol active drag active recoveryswimming Adam DeJong aerobic endurance age-group Amanda Beard anchoring android Android app ascending sendoffs backstroke balance Barry Murphy beach reading bilateral breathing birthday swim blueseventy Bobby Savulich Body Shape bodyline brain training breakout breaststroke breath control breathing Brendan Hansen broken swims buoy butterfly Carlos Almeida catch challenge set coaches coaching combat side stroke competition crossover turn Cullen Jones Cullen JonesKarlyn Pipes-Neilsen cycle rate Dave Denniston descend set distance per cycle distance training dive dolphin dolphin kick Dominik Meichtry DragSox Drills dryland DVD efficiency eggbeater kick Endless Pools Eric Shanteau Eric Vendt etiquette EVF fatigue feel Finis finish fins fist drill flip turn flip turns flutter kick Fran Crippen freestyle gallop stroke goals goswimtv.com hand entry hand exit head position heart rate hips hybrid IM inner strength iPhone app Jason Lezak Jeff Rouse Jessica Hardy Kaitlin Sandeno Kara Lynn Joyce Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Kevin Clements kick kids learn-to-swim Lia Neal long axis strokes loping Margaret Hoelzer Martyn Forde masters Matt Patton medball Michael Phelps middle distance Misty Hyman mobile video monofin negative split neural Olympics one-hour swim open turns open water Over training pace pace clock paddles paralympics parents passive drag propulsion pull pulling pulse rates pushoffs pyramid questiontaper race specific training Rachel Stratton-Mills racing recovery relay starts resisted swimming rhythm Robert Margalis Roland Schoeman Roque Santos rotation Sara McLarty science Scott Tucker sculling SEALs shoulders sighting snorkel speed work sprint Staciana Stitts Starts stations Steve Haufler straight arm recovery streaming streamline stretch cord stretching stroke count stroke rate subscription support swim across america swim camps swim fun swim technique swim training swim video swimming Swimming Golf swimming music Swimsense swimsuit taper teaching Tempo Trainer tether timing training Triathlon tuck turn Turns underwater dolpin underwater pull Vasa water poloswimming water temp weights work to rest ratio Wu PengWho is GoSwim?
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.