September 25

"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On September 25, I will be going to my first practice with my local
masters swim team.

I am looking forward to some formal coaching and possibly some racing.

I have a few simple goals.

Be able to do the following: 200IM sc&lc, 1000m free

Be able to do them at a decent time in which i am not the last to
finish. Right now I am not aiming for 1st place, but it would be nice
if i am that good.

I will keep everyone informed.

If you bother to attend practices and competitions, you are ahead of 99%
of the population. In my mind, you quite literally "win" just by doing
the practices and the meets because you beat everyone else who didn't
bother.

Be aware that few swim teams offer "formal coaching" - most learned to
swim elsewhere and just want to get in the training. Lessons are your
best bet for improving your technique; the swim team will help you stay
motivated to train regularly. As with all things, a chain is only as
strong as its weakest link, so lots of practice with a less than ideal
stroke won't find you doing your best any more than the combination of a
beautiful stroke and no conditioning. Truth be told, the latter would
probably work better because swimming is so technique dependent, at
least compared to the other popular aerobic-type activities of running
and bicycling.

Best of luck, Micheal.

-S-

"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On September 25, I will be going to my first practice with my local
masters swim team.

I am looking forward to some formal coaching and possibly some racing.

I have a few simple goals.

Be able to do the following: 200IM sc&lc, 1000m free

Be able to do them at a decent time in which i am not the last to finish.
Right now I am not aiming for 1st place, but it would be nice if i am
that good.

I will keep everyone informed.

If you bother to attend practices and competitions, you are ahead of 99%
of the population. In my mind, you quite literally "win" just by doing
the practices and the meets because you beat everyone else who didn't
bother.

Be aware that few swim teams offer "formal coaching" - most learned to
swim elsewhere and just want to get in the training. Lessons are your
best bet for improving your technique; the swim team will help you stay
motivated to train regularly. As with all things, a chain is only as
strong as its weakest link, so lots of practice with a less than ideal
stroke won't find you doing your best any more than the combination of a
beautiful stroke and no conditioning. Truth be told, the latter would
probably work better because swimming is so technique dependent, at least
compared to the other popular aerobic-type activities of running and
bicycling.

Best of luck, Micheal.

-S-

Thank you.

I do know we do have a coach, who is certified, and used to be the coach of
the local university team.

"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On September 25, I will be going to my first practice with my local
masters swim team.

I am looking forward to some formal coaching and possibly some
racing.

I have a few simple goals.

Be able to do the following: 200IM sc&lc, 1000m free

Be able to do them at a decent time in which i am not the last to
finish. Right now I am not aiming for 1st place, but it would be
nice if i am that good.

I will keep everyone informed.

If you bother to attend practices and competitions, you are ahead of
99% of the population. In my mind, you quite literally "win" just by
doing the practices and the meets because you beat everyone else who
didn't bother.

Be aware that few swim teams offer "formal coaching" - most learned
to swim elsewhere and just want to get in the training. Lessons are
your best bet for improving your technique; the swim team will help
you stay motivated to train regularly. As with all things, a chain
is only as strong as its weakest link, so lots of practice with a
less than ideal stroke won't find you doing your best any more than
the combination of a beautiful stroke and no conditioning. Truth be
told, the latter would probably work better because swimming is so
technique dependent, at least compared to the other popular
aerobic-type activities of running and bicycling.

Best of luck, Micheal.

-S-

Thank you.

I do know we do have a coach, who is certified, and used to be the
coach of the local university team.

That's great but it doesn't change my basic point, which is that many
coaches focus their energies on designing workouts, not on fixing
individuals stroke problems. It's simple math - the workout applies to
everyone, while fixing technique is best done one-on-one. The single
best thing I ever did for my own swimming was a year of once a week,
half-hour private lessons with a former competitive swimmer.

-S-

X-No-Archive: yes

Yep, most masters coaches I've seen just call out the next set for the
most part. Sometimes they give tips on technique but not often.
Depends on the team I suppose.

"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On September 25, I will be going to my first practice with my local
masters swim team.

I am looking forward to some formal coaching and possibly some racing.

I have a few simple goals.

Be able to do the following: 200IM sc&lc, 1000m free

Be able to do them at a decent time in which i am not the last to finish.
Right now I am not aiming for 1st place, but it would be nice if i am that
good.

I will keep everyone informed.

In a previous thread you said you can't get to a pool regularly because of
the demands placed on you by Canadian navy. What's changed ?

Duncan Heenan said:

"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On September 25, I will be going to my first practice with my local
masters swim team.

I am looking forward to some formal coaching and possibly some racing.

I have a few simple goals.

Be able to do the following: 200IM sc&lc, 1000m free

Be able to do them at a decent time in which i am not the last to
finish. Right now I am not aiming for 1st place, but it would be nice
if i am that good.

I will keep everyone informed.

In a previous thread you said you can't get to a pool regularly because
of the demands placed on you by Canadian navy. What's changed ?

The thread.

"mwsmith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Duncan Heenan said:

"Micheal Artindale" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

On September 25, I will be going to my first practice with my local
masters swim team.

I am looking forward to some formal coaching and possibly some racing.

I have a few simple goals.

Be able to do the following: 200IM sc&lc, 1000m free

Be able to do them at a decent time in which i am not the last to
finish. Right now I am not aiming for 1st place, but it would be nice if
i am that good.

I will keep everyone informed.

In a previous thread you said you can't get to a pool regularly because
of the demands placed on you by Canadian navy. What's changed ?

The thread.

Actually, my ship is not saling much over the winter. My job just became a
day job.

For the past few months, between moving across the country and learnng the
ropes at work... not much time for much else.

Micheal