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I’m Rory Alvaranga, and I am Head Coach of St. Hugh’s Preparatory School Swimming on the island of Jamaica. I have kids from age 6 – 12 of various levels. I have a group of swimmer (8 swimmers) including my daughter strictly on USRPT and have had great results. I coached my daughter first using USRPT and she got a National Age Group Record the next meet. I was very satisfied with the results.
Please include Jamaica on the map of USRPT around the world………….
Thanks drpaul
We work on starts and turns on Wednesdays Dr. Paul as much as we work on swim. Most my swimmers start pretty good. Zaneta has been doing it from age 6. She gets tired of hearing me say stay down and that it is a process in her race (smile). USRPT Mondays and Fridays with starts turns and IM work on Wednesdays. Here is her Freestyle start:
Dr. Paul. I see where you are a Chiropractor in the post and pretty much supports the lay off depending on the injury. My 8 year old have complained about her knee during breaststroke and for a while had stopped swimming breaststroke. Being on USRPT, she is able to swim all other stroke and break records but only with the breaststroke feel pain.
Took her to the doctor and he stated that since the pain is activity specific and not constant he suspected the Vastus Medialis was not keeping the knee cap in place during the technical Breaststroke Kick. I believe breaststrokers are born not made (smile). He recommended she ride her bike with knees and toes forward to strengthen the Vastus Medialis and we did some band work to strengthen the muscles. She did limited breaststroke training and was able to swim a personal best afterwards. Is there any other exercise that can be added to strengthen the muscle and is this common with female swimmers?
From the little island of Jamaica
Hi drpaul;
With those numbers per lane, you can like do a continuous relay with the younger set. Make the race close by halting and sending them off together. My kids go nuts with relay. Monitor stroke and pause every now and again to give extra rest and the stroke correction where applicable.
I do not hold my younger swimmers to time but challenge them to swim fast a focus on the technique.
Here’s my daughter whose been on USRPT from October last year
