| Hey Steve,
i used to give out swim programmes to nz guys, but they got sick of seeing the same swimming programmes every year. now i send the guys off to professionals.
guys get together a couple of times per week, hire a lane at the local pool and get proper tuition with a professional swim instructor.
like zoee says - poor swimmers learn to swim properly, good swimmers get technique improvement.
professional instructors have far more practice at making sessions interesting and at building swimming fitness/speed to peak for competitions than i do.
it helps spread costs if there are 1/2 doz guys living in same town who can all train together at same time.
great to see other guys in the team putting in donkey work at training too. it's tough to slack off in group swimming sessions when pro trainer is whipping your butt along and the rest of the team are slogging out the k's.
still have to go to pool on your own as well and pound out lengths with fins on and practice stick skills too.
one good reason for getting pro help is so when your local pool gets bolshie and tells you you cannot get in with fins on, you have the ability to successfully swim train without fins. [some of us are lousy swimmers without fins] |