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Swim Coaching: July 2011
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Jul 9, 2011. Ask one of your teenage swimmers "Who is Garcia? And see what answers you get in response. I would be surprised if one of them answered correctly. Then tell them the next time they are on deck you want them to find Garcia and tell you the story. Most of them will say "how", and your answer should be "my point exactly". To read the story of "A Message to Garcia" click here: http:/ www.birdsnest.com/garcia.htm. If you want to buy a copy to give to your swimmers, click here: A Message to Garcia.
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Swim Coaching: Evaluating Coaches
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Aug 7, 2011. I've coached for two USAS teams, and in neither one was I ever evaluated in a formal process, and any informal evaluation was very minimum. I wonder if that is the norm, or is it the exception. The first club was a questionably run developmental club, who made up their policies on the spot and with selective enforcement. The second was a large board run team, ranked nationally. These Documents are formatted in Google Documents. Once you open them in Google Documents, you may then go to "...
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Swim Coaching: Race Strategies, High School Swimming
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May 26, 2011. Race Strategies, High School Swimming. Below are some of the race strategies I routinely gave my swimmers to follow during specific events at meets. They worked well for me and my charges, however that may have been affected by my personality and style of coaching. Modify them to use with your specific coaching style. These are Coach Barnes’ primary strategies for High School swimmers, other coaches have their own. Don’t stop yourself, let the finish wall stop you. If you go out in a 25 and...
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Swim Coaching: May 2011
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May 26, 2011. Race Strategies, High School Swimming. Below are some of the race strategies I routinely gave my swimmers to follow during specific events at meets. They worked well for me and my charges, however that may have been affected by my personality and style of coaching. Modify them to use with your specific coaching style. These are Coach Barnes’ primary strategies for High School swimmers, other coaches have their own. Don’t stop yourself, let the finish wall stop you. If you go out in a 25 and...
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Swim Coaching: June 2007
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Jun 27, 2007. Publicity for Your Swim Team. All too often the sports pages of major metropolitan newspapers are taken up by our national professional sports such as baseball, football and basketball. If you are blessed to live near a major college, then you get ample coverage of collegiate sports as well. Major High School sports such as baseball, football, and basketball gets some coverage in major newspapers, but not to the level as the professional and collegiate sports do. 2 Maintain a database of co...
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Swim Coaching: August 2011
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Aug 7, 2011. I've coached for two USAS teams, and in neither one was I ever evaluated in a formal process, and any informal evaluation was very minimum. I wonder if that is the norm, or is it the exception. The first club was a questionably run developmental club, who made up their policies on the spot and with selective enforcement. The second was a large board run team, ranked nationally. These Documents are formatted in Google Documents. Once you open them in Google Documents, you may then go to "...
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Swim Coaching: Coaching with Tablets
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Jun 14, 2011. Tablets are hitting the shelves at such a rate it is dizzying. Sales are expected to go from $0 in 2009, to over $49 Billion (that's $49,000,000,000) by the end of 2011. You've got several different operating systems, the Apple iOS, the Android, the system from Research in Motion (Blackberry), and the WebOS (the old Palm system bought by HP). The question as coaches we face is how can we utilize this new technology to help our swimmers? Here are my thoughts. This will allow you to link to t...
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Swim Coaching: January 2012
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Jan 13, 2012. Do You Make Things Harder Than They Have To Be? Don't make things harder than they have to be.". How does this apply to swimming? Obviously I'm not talking about a hard practice set, heck fire, there is no such thing. I'm talking about our administrative duties here. How often have we over thought things? Do we make a bigger deal of an issue than what it actually is? Do we create unnecessary work for ourselves? You get the point. Treat everyone well, just as you would like to be treated.
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Swim Coaching: April 2007
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Apr 27, 2007. Small City Leagues - Unlimited Opportunity. All you need is one pool for a league. You can then form multiple teams which will practice separately and then compete against each other. Leagues in cities which have outdoor pools can only practice in the warmer seasons; while leagues in cities with indoor pools can have multiple seasons throughout the year, typically Summer, Fall and Spring. Posted by John A Barnes. Links to this post. Apr 21, 2007. Summer League Swimming - Wildy Popular.
