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Knowing what to expect through different phases of your training as you progress through the sport can help you understand how your training should be structured for optimal performance in each phase and as you move from one stage to the next. When you’re very young (age 6-14) athletes are in what we call the generalized phase. In this phase, coaches are trying to build base fitness and endurance while focusing on proper technical development of strokes, starts and turns. This pre-pubescent and pubescent stage of growth and development is...
There are three phases of talent development: Phase 1 : Introduction/Foundation Approximate years in phase = 5 Age of athlete: 4.5-9.6 years Phase 2: Refinement/Transitional Approximate years in phase = 4 Age of athlete: 10.6-14.6 Phase 3: Elite Performance Approximate years in phase = NA Age of athlete: 15.4 + Our focus will be on the final 2 phases and how it pertains to you as an athlete. In the Refinement/Transitional Phase it’s important that you are still enjoying the sport. What are the things about swimming you love? Why...
Q: Should you specialize in just one sport if you’re a multi-sport athlete? It’s been suggested that it will help get the edge and might even lead to a college scholarship. A: More and more children are specializing in one single sport and training year round in the hopes of gaining a competitive edge. Proponents argue that it improves young athletes’ chances of sport success and helps build winning programs. Critics argue that early specialization results in increased stress and burnout, specialization in a sport that might not be best...
Training and Workout Questions for Athletes 1. What type of commitment is needed for higher levels of competition? While your performance is influenced by numerous factors, there are three that exert the greatest influence: physical, technical and mental. As you progress through the sport, a greater commitment, of both time and energy, is needed to enable you to address all of these factors. Additionally, you will be asked to take more responsibility for and ownership of your practice and competition performance. One way of doing this is by accepting responsibility...
It's Not Every Four Years By Dr. Lenny Weirsma//Department of Kinesiology, Cal State Fullerton The United States Olympic Committee has a motto: “It’s not every four years. It’s every day.” This motto reflects the notion that making the Olympics in 2012 ultimately does not happen in 2012. It depends on what the millions of athletes who want to be there in August 2012 are doing in December 2010. And January 2011. And February 2011. And… well, you get it. Maybe making the Olympic team isn’t a goal of yours, which...
By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent For Ryan Lochte, to say that 2011 is slightly different from the previous year, 2010, would be an understatement. Flashback to last year when Lochte was the toast of the town, fresh off his six gold-medal performance at the Pan Pacific Championships. Later, Lochte became the first person to set a world record at the Short Course World Championships since “tech suits” were banned by FINA. All in all, Ryan Lochte had a fantastic 2010. In 2011, however, Lochte’s been relatively under the radar. Before each USA...
PST Entries Timelines Psych Sheet Session I – Open Age Group- Saturday- June 4, 2011. Warm-up 7:30 a.m. Meet starts 9:00 a.m. Session II – 12 & Under Age Group- Saturday – June 4, 2011. Warm-up 12:00p.m. Meet Starts 1:30 p.m. Session III – Open Age Group- Sunday – June 5, 2011. Warm-up 7:30 a.m. Meet Starts 9:00 a.m. Session IV –12 & Under Age Group- Sunday- June 5, 2011. Warm-up 12:00pm. Meet Starts 1:30 p.m. Directions to Coming from the South: I-95 North to Atlantic Blvd. Go East on...
