Evohunter7

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  • in reply to: Race Pace Charts #1627
    Evohunter7
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    Thanks Rob, they’re great.

    Here are the ones I’ve been using with my squads.

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    in reply to: Record Keeping #1626
    Evohunter7
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    @ oldschoolc

    Do you have a new sheet for each event, each month?

    in reply to: Workouts #1625
    Evohunter7
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    I used to use 15min for 100p, 20min for 200p.

    in reply to: Workouts #1624
    Evohunter7
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    I’ve been doing USRPT for about 9 or 10 weeks now. However, there still seems ot be a few swimmers who are struggling with the transition. I’ve also been doing too many 200pace sets over 25m, which means once we stratch to 50m repeats they blow up.

    At the moment the biggest issue seems to be psychology. If I write 30×25 on the board, half the group go into ‘I need to make 30, I’d better save myself’ mode. The rest do a reasonably good job.
    All have admitted to me that they sometimes fail on purpose, just to get a rest. I am thankful for their honesty, but that is unacceptable.

    What I’ve been doing the last 2 weeks is a variation on the theme, with programmed breaks.
    e.g. 30x25m FR @ 100pace on 30/35 becomes 4x[6×25 FR @ 100pace on 30/35] with 30sec rest b/w sets.
    They are then given a total repeats made target at the start of each set.
    The first set is the ‘warm-up’, in the same way the the first 5 repeats in a normal USRPT set are.
    The next 3 sets are swum in the same way that you would a normal USRPT set; swim to fail, rest, move on to the next set of 6.
    Once you fail 3 times, you’re out.

    Since doing it this way, they have all made 2-3 more repeats than normal, and their overall attitude is more positive.

    We also do not use the term ‘failure’ in our program, instead we all start each set with 3 lives, like in a computer game. Once you lose 3 lives, you’re out.

    I’d appreciate any feedback on this format.

    in reply to: Record Keeping #652
    Evohunter7
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    I’ve only just started to record there results. I record time and number of repeats ‘qualified’.

    I will eventually teach myself how to graph this information.

    in reply to: Location and USRPT Status #651
    Evohunter7
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    Hi Everyone,

    I am Evan Russell, Head Swim Coach at a Catholic Girls School based in Melbourne Australia.

    I have been transitioning my top squad from ‘traditional’ training to USRPT over the past 6 weeks, with interesting results.

    The most difficult thing to over come has been to educate the swimmers in how to train this way.

    Interestingly, we have done probably 1/3rd of the amount of Km’s than we would have done this time last year, and in the last week they have all started to swim PB’s again in the 100’s and 200’s.

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