Monday, November 2, 2009

This months Coaching Weekend

The second club winter coaching workshop will take place on the weekend of November 28st/29th. The course will be given by swimfortri, a London based tri coaching team. The head coach is Dan Bullock, who has completed a sub 16 minute 1500meter swim, and has been competing in triathlons since 1998 -although some club members have been competing in triathlons since the early 80's his experience includes a long career in competitive swimming that pre-dates triathlon. The team specialise in triathlon coaching and have recently won the 220 triathlon magazine coach of the year award.

The course breakdown is as follows:
Saturday:09:30 - 10:00 Welcome, course introduction, and swim theory.10:00 - 12:00 1st swim session - basic drills to restrict bad habits and introduce correct swim movements. Filming.
12:00 - 13:00 Break/food
13:00 - 14:00 Filming review and demonstrations
14:00 - 15:30 2nd swim session - advanced drills for those ready15:30 - 16:00 Session review.
Sunday:09:30 - 10:00 Arrival and preparation for session 10:00 - 12:00 3rd swim session
12:00 - 13:00 Break/food
13:00 - 14:30 4th swim session - advanced drills
14:30 - 15:00 Break 15:00 - 16:00 Filming review, session distribution with personal drills guidelines