Below is an email Frank Mcquiggen sent out about a new Saturday morning swim. This is a very nice pool and a nice group of people. Of course the fact that Frank has a "Peter Russo Principal" makes it even more interesting. First of all I am unsure who you all are or if I got all of the new folks who emailed me, particularly the "Georgeville Pond Swimmers". You can pass this along to anyone I missed. Though SwimRI is a collection of competitive swimmers, fitness swimmers and triathletes, it is mostly composed of current or former competitive swimmers who understand the jargon and structure of swimming workouts. Many of he current competitive swimmers were not former competitive swimmers. This is one of our claims to fame. These are not swim lessons, these are structured workouts of 2 miles plus. I structure the workouts and give pointers and hopefully get in the water some as well. Because of the interest I have received and the change in hours CCRI has requested I am structuring the workout as follows: Workout starts at 8:00 and I will focus my attention on the most inexperienced swimmers for 30 minutes to acclimate them to swim training and concepts. The rest of the crew will be doing warm up, drills or just showing up late because the "main course" starts at 8:30 If you have not participated in these kinds of workouts before or are unfamiliar with our group you need to understand that: the workouts are structured for the group, not the individual, particularly if there are many to a lane As such it is not a democracy and I am the dictator (but with a fairly good sense of humor). Follow my directions, I am very good at this. your first priorities are to follow directions and stay out of the way of others. You need to be able to keep the pace of the interval. If you are having trouble, sit out a 50 but stay out of the way of others. If you are inexperienced you need to be there at 8:00 or so to know what is going on. Do not wander in late and expect to be able to drop into a lane. The core group is fast, very fast. Look at them to see good technique (or to check them out if you think they are hot) but do not be intimidated. Some were college scholarship swimmers others never swam competition until they joined our group. In the last two years almost all who have trained with us for more than a year and competed, have been at the very least in a National Top Ten Relay. How can that be? Because I am very good at this. If you are a triathlete you need to follow the Peter Russo principal (and though I quote him, he did not remember saying it the first time he heard me use it): "In the pool you are not a triathlete, you are a swimmer. Follow the directions, learn different strokes and how to pace." This is what he did. I used to kick his ass, now he kicks mine. I am a better coach than I am a swimmer. Lastly mentally grab these two concepts: If doing it wrong felt right, then for a while doing it right will feel wrong. In general follow directions. If you get lost on the amount of effort you should be extending remember this: like a distance race start easy and finish hard. It is easier and more productive to start too slow and finish well then to start to hard and finish like ugly. (or not finish at all) $5 per practice goes to the school. I work for free, at least on these days. Questions? You have my email. Also, if on Facebook join SwimRI page to stay up to date.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:15:27 +0000
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