Coach Michael Farmer was one of our participants at Excel Weekend. We got to talking one day about new members on our masters swim teams and how a coach can best track the goals of their new swimmer. Michael was kind enough to create a generic form you might find helpful in tracking your new [...]
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Here is Coach Kerry O’Brien’s PowerPoint from his presentation on Creative Thinking and Set Design
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Coach Stu Kahn did an excellent job on the starts rotation at Excel Weekend. Check out his written guide for this! Thank you Stu! Excel_Starts
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Manatee Aquatic Masters Coach Brian Stack handled the butterfly drills at Excel Weekend 2011. Here is his write up: Butterfly Drills for Excel
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Coach Kerry O’Brien, Walnut Creek Masters, developed and coached the freestyle drills we used at Excel Weekend. Here they are: Freestyle Drills for Excel
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Here are the backstroke drills we did at Excel Weekend. If you have any questions on these drills contact Coach Jody Smith from Mountain View Masters. Backstroke Drills for Excel.
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These are the breaststroke drills we did at Excel Weekend 2011. If you have any questions on these particular drills, contact Cokie Lepinski. Her contact information is on the downloadable PDF file: Breaststroke Drills for Excel Go have some fun! And for those wondering where I got the mini beach balls we used on one of the [...]
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Thanks to Carol Nip, Walnut Creek Masters, who took terrific notes of Dave Durden’s presentation at Excel Weekend. The top half is his talk on deck and then the remainder of the write up consists of the drills he put us through. Carol this is outstanding, thank you! For full information: Dave Durden EXCEL Weekend [...]
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This week’s Tips & Technique comes from Coach Scott Williams, Lucas Valley Aquatic Masters. Many swimmers like to use paddles. Here is a unique way to do a paddle set. We call it the Faddle Set. Swim the following 6 x 100 freestyle as: Swim 100 wearing your left paddle and right fin only Swim [...]
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Coach Kerry O’Brien of the Walnut Creek Masters brings us this week’s Tips & Techniques posting. Broken Miles The 1650 Free to many may seem like a daunting task – sixty-six laps! Finding ways to break it up during practice sessions can help to teach energy management, develop and practice speed strategies, and [...]
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