AGC and Dryland

Last night at practice we gave AGC an introduction to some dryland exercises. And as you know I don't believe you should do something unless you do it right. Well, before I gave them the set that they were to do, which incorporated dryland exercises, I took them in another pool area and gave them a lesson. The lesson consisted of the proper form for a sit-up, push-up and lunge. I wanted to make sure we spent plenty of time on this teaching because they will become very familiar ;) with these exercises. I am hoping by this time, your swimmer will start to feel the hurt in their stomach, back and thighs. I know that Mike likes to do some active recovery within his workouts, sometimes he will throw in bobs, wall kicking or get them out for some medicine ball work. I also like to do the same. When I was coaching a different team, back 7 years ago, pool space was limited. I would have some 60 kids in the pool with only 6 lanes to work with. I started to use active recovery to help me utilize the space/time that was given to me. I would have one group in the water doing some kind of swimming set while the other group was doing some sort of dryland exercise and then they would switch. Ever since I have tried to incorporate it into my workouts. I don't like to do it the whole year, but usually do it during the heavy training months.

Don't forget to sign up for the meet again Hershey this Saturday. Entries are due tomorrow. See you on deck.

Coach Guy