Issue 02 - World Swimming Coaches Association
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Issue 02 - World Swimming Coaches Association
The World Swimming Coaches Association Vol 07 Is s u e 2 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Unleashing your Brilliance in Life By Coach Kamal Vinodrai Shah, Kenya p.2 Kids Like to Win Adults Need to Win p.4 Fun: Rock Band or Race Horse By Bob Steele, USA p.5 The Perfect Performance Versus Trying to be Perfect By Sean McCann, USOC Sport Psychologist p.6 USA Olympian's Favorite Training Sets: Impressive Sets at High School Age p.8 Paradigm Shifts Create Success By Bob Steele, USA p.8 Championship Swim Meets - Championship Thinking Championship Fun! By Allan Kopel World Swimming Coaches Association 5101 NW 21st Ave., Suite 200 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 USA Phone: 1-954-563-4930 or 1-800-356-2722 Fax: 1-954-563-9813 www.swimmingcoach.org/wsca Most motivation books mention that each one of us is born to succeed and we have a purpose in life to fulfill. The key question is are we really geared towards being successful? Do we really want to be successful or do we just say that for the sake of saying, as it is a normal fad in today’s world that I want to be successful and I will be achieving such a goal in the next few years. 95% of our behaviour is a result of patterns and habits, most of which you have acquired when you were very young. Most of grow up with ineffective study habits? Most of us would sit down at your study tables and cram all the necessary information we needed to do well and pass the relevant examinations. We did pass well and rejoiced on your success and always thought that we could carry on like this But life has a different way of operating. Each day we need to take the initiative to ensure that we are able to move towards success and achieve what we wish to do. In order for us to be successful and unleash our brilliance in the world, we need to develop a positive mindset. Elephant trainers use a very interesting technique to harness animals. When the elephant is young, the trainer attaches a strong chain to one of the elephant's legs and the other end to the ground. This allows the animal to only move in a circle and it becomes part of its daily routine. As the years go by the ropes become thinner and with time the elephant is let loose, but since the elephant only knows one movement and one command, it follows its routine. It is the same in life with us. We get used to certain things and they become part of the circle of our influence as well as part of the life we live. We become accustomed to a daily routine that does not allow us to explore unlimited opportunities outside the circle of influence. Some of the steps that you can take to ensure that you unleash your brilliance by having a positive mind set are: 1. Smile: Research done in the United States of America has discovered that mimicking the facial expressions associated with such emotions as happiness, sadness and anger can trigger some of the same physical changes produced in actually feeling these emotions. 2. Create triggering mechanisms to make you happy: Smile and think of a time that you felt very happy, joyful and positive. We all have experiences in continued on page 2 >>> WSCA Board Meeting March 22 and 24, Melbourne, Australia Open to all. Contact John Leonard for location and time. jleonard@swimmingcoach.org 2007 ASCTA Conference Sofitel Hotel, Gold Coast, Australia - May 1-8, 2007 2007 DSTV Clinic Braunschweig, Lower-Saxony, Germany - May 4-6, 2007 2007 SCATNZ Seminar Wellington, New Zealand - May 23-25 (coaches); 25-27 (teachers), 2007 <<< continued from page 1 our lives when we have felt positive. As you start to feel positive you will continue to smile and you will become more positive and carefree. Now, once you have learnt how to develop positive feelings, you will realise that you can in now apply this mind set with any other situation. As you progress in this journey of having a positive mind set, you will realise that as YOU perceive life it will get become much more interesting and you will always have the zeal and the energy to ensure that you want to keep progressing towards being successful rather than keep being negative. 3. Choose your words carefully: The way you think determines the way you approach life in so many ways. One of the common words that people have a habit using is “can’t.” It is very important to understand that if you have a habit of having such negative thoughts in your mind, subconsciously your mind will gear you towards actions that will ensure that you do not achieve what you have set out to do. It is better that you delete this word as part of the your vocabulary and not let this word keep you from achieving your potential in life. 4. Get rid of negative self - talk: Recently, having the privilege of attending a dance show I was surprised at the movements these young dancers were making and it brought about the issue of how we as adults are so scared of taking the next step outside our comfort zones. It is important that in almost everything that you want to pursue in life there will be a risk factor involved, and it is how you manage the risk that counts. In order to eliminate the negative self talk, you must first become aware of it. What are the things that are deterring you from achieving your potential? The moment you are aware of this is the start of finding the solution. With time, once you realise what is holding you back, you should challenge it by facing the fear or negative emotions that you experience and you will realise that it was not as bad as what you thought it might be. 5. Remind yourself of what is important. In life we all have a dream we want to achieve and to make an impact in our society. Additionally, we all want to leave a legacy behind of something that we would like to be remembered for, but are we taking the necessary actions towards it. We sometimes face a lot of challenges along the way and it is during this time of challenge we have to dig in deep into our inner resources and get the strength to keep continuing in life. Therefore, it is very important that you have the bigger picture - your vision clear and your goals about what you would like to achieve in life. 6. Finally, welcome every obstacle as an opportunity: If you are not finding challenges in life then you are not growing as a person in terms of emotional, spiritual and mental involvement. Look at every adversity as something that will help you gain rather than as a problem. Furthermore, look for solutions rather than focus on why it is happening to you. There is something greater out there for you to learn as well experience. They are always blessings in disguise. During the time you are experiencing the pain, it may be very uncomfortable but after you have been through this emotional hurt, you will become much stronger as a human being. Life is a not a destination and you will always never stop learning and experiencing different challenges. Have a pleasant journey to achieving your brilliance and making a positive difference around you. l Kids Like to Win Adults Need to Win Whether you’re a sports fan or not, you have to acknowledge the powerful influence sports has on our culture. The values of millions of participants and spectators are shaped by the values conveyed in sports, including our views on what is permissible and proper in the competitive pursuit of personal goals. Professional sports and even highly competitive intercollegiate sports seem irreversibly addicted to the idea that sports is a business and the only thing that makes it profitable is winning. If that means we have to tolerate egocentric, self-indulgent showboating or whining, violence or even cheating, so be it. Clearly, these attitudes have invaded youth sports as well. Everywhere we see that a lot of adults -- both coaches and parents -- need to grow up and realize the game is not about either their egos or ambitions. WSCA Newsletter The appropriate mission of youth sports is to provide kids a safe environment in which to have fun, build character, practice sportsmanship and develop skills and traits that will help them become responsible citizens and live happy, healthy lives. Striving to win is an important aspect of competition and teaching kids how to compete effectively and honorably is important, but youth sports should not be primarily about winning; it should be about trying to win and learning through effort and improvement. Of course, winning is fun and kids like to win, but it’s the adults who often distort the experience because of their need to win. No matter how much we hope and try to make it happen, only a few youngsters will move beyond high school sports, and an even tinier percentage will make a living from athletics. But when done well, every participant can build positive life skills and gain lifelong memories from the pursuit of victory with honor. l 2 Vol 07 Issue 2 WSCA WORLD SWIMMING COACHES ASSOCIATION WORLD SWIMMING COACHES ASSOCIATION 5101 NW 21st Avenue • Suite 200 • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 • USA +1-954-563-4930 • Fax: +1-954-563-9813 YOU MAY APPLY OR RENEW BY FAX with MasterCard, VISA or American Express. 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Generally used in warm-up or warm-down as a method of infusing fun, variety, and an absence of thought while swimming. There are no penalties for guessing or missing the name. When the swimmers finish the swim, the coach yells out the name of a rock band or race horse from this list or one generated from the newspaper horse racing section or entertainment section. Once the name has been given the coach says, “rock band” and the swimmers that think it’s a rock band raise their hands. That is followed by yelling “race horse” and the swimmers that think it’s a race horse then raise their hand. The coach then yells the correct guess and the swimmers start their next swim on the next zero or five. It’s a fun way to start or end practice and the kids really get into cheering for good guesses. RACE HORSES Hip Twenty-five Count It Up Out Coached Boston Blitz Drew’s Delight Chain of Miracles Jordan’s Party Cast No Shadow Country Fair Magic Berti XYZ Album Leaf Mill Street Blues Stormy Hostage Phone First Stray Cat Blues Poolhall Three Ladies Man Shoalihs Tale Esther Egg Colihan Decipherance Met’a Flew Imamyto Wegotta Olympic Experience Jazzamatassie Champagne Now Skeete’s Bay Amanzi Lasting Joy Island Delight Formidable Gold Luck Out Taylor’s Giggle Harmony River Bright Spot Wild Axe Mischievous Lover Take My Word Lil Firefly Ainworthanickle Black Cat Sally Link to the Moon Really Slick Tricker Country Silence Unconfessed Buzzard’s Bay Brother Derek Brass Hat Steppenwolfer Bandini Surf Cat Descreet Cat Sacred Light Flower Alley Sharp Humor Bushfire Splender Blender ROCK BANDS Leftlane Cruisin’ Coal Kitchen Green Machine Longshot Spazmatic Black Mambazo Aceyalone Frisbe Grazyna Auyisuk Electric Eel Shock Steel Train Rose Hill Drive Starflyer Two Gallants Talkdemonic Darlyne Cain AFI Drowning Pool Kill Hannah Suffocation Shadows Fall Nouvelle Vague Kid Beyond Buzzcocks Big Whiskey Pugslee Atomz Parliamont Funkadelic Alena Naked Sunday Gomez Raised on Zenith Jah Dan and JahLock Faun Fables Fuzzy Cousin Bird Name Time Machine Gym Class Hero S.T.Monroe Moxie Motive Two Timin’ Three Plastic Crimewave Nyco Nights of Fire Beatle Stix WSCA Newsletter 4 Vol 07 Issue 2 THE PERFECT PERFORMANCE VERSUS TRYING TO BE PERFECT By Sean McCann, USOC Sport Psychologist Every athlete and coach dreams of performing flawlessly at the biggest competition of their lives. It’s a pleasant fantasy, but athletes who try to be perfect at major competitions often face the unpleasant reality of terrible performances. Ironically, trying to be perfect is often the worst thing an athlete can think about while performing. Why? The answer is complicated and involves personality issues such as perfectionism combined with the all too often unpredictable circumstances surrounding competition. 2. Athletes who appear to give up after an early mistake. Researchers studying perfectionism have found that it is a label for many factors, but Dr. Randy Frost and colleagues have identified two key dimensions of perfectionist thinking: personal standards and concern over mistakes. (1) In a general sense, these two dimensions represent the good and the bad aspects of perfectionist thinking by athletes. Personal standards are related to driving towards perfection, while concern over mistakes is related to worry about messing up in competition. In sports, outcome does matter, and mistakes can be costly. At many competitions, athletes feel like a perfect performance is needed to win. Given these realities, how can you convince a perfectionist that his/her concern with mistakes is unproductive? Rather than trying to change an athlete’s personality, a coach can re-focus a perfectionist’s energy in a more functional way. One technique is changing an athlete’s definition of a mistake. For example, the athlete who consistently avoids taking the last shot is making a mistake. As a coach, you can tell this individual that the only mistake you don’t want to see is a passed up shot. Also, give feedback to the athlete when he/she makes this mistake. Keep the message consistent, and reinforce the shot attempts, even if he/she misses the shot. These two dimensions are similar to what coaches frequently tell us about the best athletes being driven to get better and accepting nothing less than excellence. A perfectionist athlete who cannot accept problems or mistakes, however, may worry themselves out of a competition. Personal standards are strength, but can become a weakness if too fanatically pursued. While researchers have not yet studied the effects of perfectionism on training, it is likely that these and other dimensions of perfectionism are related to the tendency of some athletes to overtrain. A coach can get a sense of whether athletes have self-destructive perfectionist thoughts by asking about their internal language or “self-talk” during training and competition. Based on research in this area, coaches should take note when athletes seem too concerned with mistakes. The key issue is whether athletes become so focused on avoiding mistakes that they avoid taking the necessary risks associated with high-levels of success. Behavioral clues to this type of thinking might include: 1. Athletes avoiding pressure situations (such as an athlete who passes up the opportunity to take the last shot). WSCA Newsletter 3. Athletes who frequently raise potential problems with a coach’s training program. 4. Athletes who use too much energy devising a back-up to a back-up plan. 5. Athletes who report having recurring images of sports failure. To keep perfectionist athletes productive, develop competition plans that focus on specific positive behaviors versus plans that primarily focus on avoiding mistakes. A golfer who focuses upon a specific target on the fairway rather than listing all the things not to aim at (bunkers, water hazard, trees) will have a more natural swing. Picking a specific positive target can focus your mind and clear it of worry. Remember this simple concept if, like many coaches, you have your own moments of carrying perfectionism to a fault! l 1. R.O. Frost & K.J. Henderson (1991) Journal of Exercise Psychology, 13, 323-335. This is a reprint from Olympic Coach magazineSummer 1998, Vol. 8, No. 3, p.9 5 Vol 07 Issue 2 USA Olympian’s Favorite Training Sets Impressive Sets at High School Age Scy KATIE HOFF 4 x 400 IM @ 5(3`a part of switching set) (4:21-4:19-4:14-4:15-4:09) scy 6 x 400 Bk @ 5 (Ave 4:04) scy 6 x 200 Bk @ 2:30 (Ave 2:10) (swim 25/kick UW and take 1 stroke 25) lcm scy 20 x 50 Bk @ 1:30 (Hold 31.5 early season and 30.5 late season) 20 x 50 Bk @ 1:30 (Drill 2/ Swim 3 holding 27’s) NATALIE COUGHLIN MISTY HYMAN 1 x 1000 (every 4th 25 fly) 5 x’s/week 1 x 3000 (every 4th 25 fly) 1 x/week scy Dive 20 x 50 fly @ 1(11 Kicks underwater + 4 strokes/25) RYAN LOCHTE lcm Pull 1 x 100 M Free (d), 1:20 (w/pull buoy to set-up 02 debt) Sprint 2 x 50 fly (26) @ 50 sec (1st 50 Race Pace/2nd 50 Overkicking) 4X’s 2x50Bk(28) @ 50 2 x 50 Bst (32) @ 50 2 x 50 Fr (25) @ 50 Rest 3 min TARA KIRK Swim a 1650 in meets BREASTSTROKE Dive 12 x 50 Bst @ 1(Hold 29) 16 x 75 Bst Pa, 1:15-1:10-1:05-1-55-50 (3 of each and 2 of each on 55 and 50) MICHAEL PHELPS scy lcm Kick 10 x 100 fly @1:10 (descend from 1:06 to 1:00) sc 30 x 100 @ 1:30 (Hold 1:01 @ age 15 and 1:00 @ age 16) lc IAN CROCKER lcm 10 x 50 fly @ 3(Hold 25) lc 4 X’s (5 x 200 Breathing 1/1) 2:45 - 3:00 - 3:15 - 3:30 (Increase rest if 1/1 is kept) scy JENNY THOMPSON Dive 8 x 100 @ 6 (Sat PM following a 10,000 y AM practice) Swims only counted if UNDER goal time set by coach Fly - Must stay under 58 and last one was 53 Free - Must stay under 53 and last one was 49.5 WSCA Newsletter 6 Vol 07 Issue 2 WSCA Newsletter 7 Vol 07 Issue 2 Paradigm Shifts Create Success By Bob Steele, USA 1. Monitor changes in Threshold improvements during the season. Once every 4 weeks using Jon Urbanchek’s (200yd to 3000 swim and sets) tables. Give me your email address for copy. 2. Use Olympian’s outstanding sets from Swimming World or USA-S www.+ 3. Monitor training progress of ALL swimmers daily with test set improvements.+ 4. Compare Senior swimmers Race Analysis factors to Olympians using form.+ 5. Relate Training Times to Goals times for training purpose.+ 6. Increase use of Anaerobic Sets from day one and monitor improvements with number of reps increasing as fitness improves. 7. Challenge swimmers to attempt and do things they cannot do. 8. Practice and time starts and turns with three underwater kicks to 15 M and include 15M breakouts on kicking sets. 9. Infuse fun and rewards in challenging sets. Here are a few I just encountered. a. Gator 100 at EOP b. NB/BO 100 at EOP c. Beat the Clock d. Rock Band or Race Horse Don’t coach the way you were coached. If you don’t change things when you get home you haven’t been to a clinic with an open mind and note taking. FUN - FAST - CHALLENGING EOP TRAINING GATORS - At the end-of-practice have every swimmers swim a 100 on the pace clock with the coach timing the first boy and girl swimmer to finish. Record everyone’s times. During the swim they may only breathe while swimming. They may rest on the wall as long as they want but may not take a breath and the time on the wall adds to their overall time. The title, Gators, is what they look like while resting. NB/BO’S - At the end-of-practice have every swimmer swim a 100 on the pace clock with the coach timing the first boy and girl swimmer to finish. Record everyone’s times. During the swim they many only breathe while on the wall and it adds to their overall time. While swimming they may NOT breathe. The title No Breath/Brains Out, is what they feel like while swimming. l Contact: b_steele@dccnet.com + Handouts available Championship Swim Meets - Championship Thinking Championship Fun! By Allan Kopel Every swim meet is an opportunity to have fun, swim well and reach goals. “Championship” meets often raise those elements to a higher level. We often have higher hopes and expectations to swim really well in “championship” meets. If “championship” meets excite and motivate you, great. You put in many hours training and learning to improve in order to swim extra well at “championship” meets. Use the excitement of these meets to let yourself have fun and swim really great. Try to remember that as exciting as the meet is, it is on some level just another swim meet. If you saw the movie “Hoosiers,” you may remember when the underdog team from Hickory walked into the huge field house where they were going to play in the state championship basketball game. They had never seen a basketball arena so large. The coach had a player measure the distance from the floor to the basket and from the foul line to the base line. They discovered that those measurements were the same as in their little gymnasium at their high school in Hickory. He showed them that as exciting as the game was and as big as the field house was, it was just another basketball game to be played on a court just like they play on all the time. Be excited about swimming in “championship” swim meets. Be motivated and determined to swim smart, aggressively, fast and tough. You have prepared well and you should enjoy the opportunity to swim your very best. When you WSCA Newsletter talked about goals with your coaches early in the season, you probably looked to one or a couple of “championship” meets as the places where you wanted to swim your very best. Enjoy the moment. Be excited and race with confidence and passion. Really go for it! You have swum many laps in training, and you have raced many times over the season, so you are well prepared to do great. Just like in the movie “Hoosiers,” no matter how exciting the meet is and no matter how nervous you may feel, you have raced very well in swimming pools identical in length to the pools you will swim in for your “championship” meets. Remember also that being a little nervous is really just being excited. Being excited is good. Let it help you swim great. You have the experience and the preparation to swim fast, really fast if you simply go for it. Trust yourself. Trust your preparation. Enjoy the moment and race with excitement. Most important, have fun and stay focused on yourself and on the things that you can control. Focus on yourself and trust that you have the training and the ability to race aggressively and successfully, from start to finish. Really go for it! Have fun and race with excitement, just like when you swim very fast to stay ahead of your buddy in a game of sharks and minnows. See you poolside. l 8 Vol 07 Issue 2 ������������� WSCA Newsletter 9 Vol 07 Issue 2 WSCA Newsletter 10 Vol 07 Issue 2 WSCA Newsletter 11 Vol 07 Issue 2 Legendary Swim Coach Dr. Jeno March 5, 2007 "Doc" Tihanyi Passed Away Legendary Swim Coach Dr. Jeno “Doc” Tihanyi passed away Ottawa, ON - The swimming community mourns the loss of world renowned swimming coach Dr. Jeno “Doc” Tihanyi. Doc lost his courageous battle of cancer on Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Sudbury, ON. Born in Hungary in 1936, Dr. Tihanyi’s interest in child development and physiology introduced him to swimming. He began his coaching career in 1964 with the Vancouver Amateur Swim Club. In 1974, Doc joined Laurentian as Head Coach, starting the Laurentian Aqua Vees Varsity Swim Team. By 1979, Jeno was part of the coaching staff for team Canada, participating in Tour Teams, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Commonwealth Games. Dr. Tihanyi earned his doctorate at the University of Alberta and he was a professor in Child Physiology and Development at Laurentian University in Sudbury. He was the director of the division of Physical Education from 1993-1996 (now known at the school of Human Movement). In the early seventies, Dr. Tihanyi began coaching Alex Baumann when this prodigy was only nine years old. Alex Baumann is the greatest Canadian swimmer of all time, winning two gold medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles by shattering two world and Olympic records in the 400 metre and 200 metre individual medley. From 1981 to 1986, Baumann held 17 world records. Dr. Tihanyi's career in coaching spans over 30 years, fourteen of which were with Alex Baumann. The swimming community mourns the loss of world renowned swimming coach Dr. Jeno Doc Tihanyi. Doc lost his courageous battle of cancer on Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Sudbury, ON. Doc’s coaching achievements include 17 World Records. He has been named Canadian Swim Coach of the Year four times and he holds 12 provincial and National Awards of Excellence. During his time at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Jeno was the OUA (Ontario University Association) Coach of the Year in 1990, OWIAA Coach of the Year in 1994. In 2004, Dr. Tihanyi was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of fame, making him the fourth coach ever to receive such an honour. The Board and Members of CSCTA would like to offer its condolences to Doc’s Family, Friends and colleagues. Memorial service is at 2 PM at the Fraser Auditorium (Laurentian University) on the Friday March 9th. WSCA Newsletter 12 Vol 07 Issue 2