Coach Mark's Blog

More motivation

swimcoachmark — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:38:29 +0000

I can’t wait for opportunity to knock, sometimes u just have to Kick in the door!

Why you swim coach get so stressed out at you turning up late for practice.

swimcoachmark — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:36:22 +0000

Have you notice how stressed out your swim coach gets when you arrive late for practice. Well here is the reason why.
If you miss just 400m every session over a year by arriving late, missing laps, fixing goggles and going to the toilet. Over a 10 session week you will miss out on 4,000m training. Doesn’t sound to bad until you look at a years training. If you train for 48 weeks a year and miss out 4,000m per week you will miss out 192,000m per year. This unbelievably can add up to 3 weeks of missed training.

Be on time, be ready to train, be ready to finish’, BE BRILLIANT!

Another motivational saying

swimcoachmark — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:51:01 +0000

Life is about moments: Don’t wait for them, Create Them!!! Start now, Start today!

Words to be avoided

swimcoachmark — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:29:40 +0000

Words to be avoided: “Someday”, “may be”, “if” and “can’t”

Problems

swimcoachmark — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:59:27 +0000

Your real “problem” is not what you think it is…Your real problem is the fact you think you are not supposed to have any! Problems are a sign of life.. they call us to grow! Step up!

Why goal setting never stops

swimcoachmark — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:27:18 +0000

I really like this quote,
” Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Aldous Huxley”

Why is morning training so great for swimmers?

swimcoachmark — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:34:29 +0000

Why is morning training so great for swimmers?

Swimming has a massive advantage over most sport as we are able to give a more flexible approach to session times. My view is quite simple, athletes of school and college age need to be able to juggle both school work and training. We can help them do this by encouraging them to focus there energy into making more morning sessions and giving them the flexibility to miss some evening sessions.

In my experience i have never heard of a child getting up at 5:30am to complete their homework, i have seen many a talented athlete throw their talent away missing morning and evening training.

We all want our children to do well at school and athletically, swimming can help them do this by developing a strong work ethic. Their commitment in training is reflected in attitude to life giving them the will to rise to any challenge.

Getting into a good sleep routine is the best way to help any athlete succeed. So going to bed early is the best way to start the recovery process. As well as turning off mobile phones, logging off Facebook, turning off the TV.

Get up early to train.
Go to bed early.
Make all morning sessions available.
Take time off from evening sessions to complete homework not morning sessions.
Turn off all gadgets before bed.
Plan for the unexpected breaks in training.
Always have training sessions in the bank.

Swimming is the best thing to get good at swimming!

7 seconds

swimcoachmark — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:08:14 +0000

How much rest between swimming sets. Well it takes only seven seconds for food and drink to get from your mouth to your stomach. So seven seconds seems like a good place to start.

test

swimcoachmark — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:06:34 +0000