By: Dudley Duncan

Dudley Duncan — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:36:35 +0000

I don’t think all that much has changed for club coaches. Club coaches have always dealt with athletes moving through various stages of human growth and development, which have always included disease, injury and “feelings.” Likewise, club coaches have experienced varying changes of physiological and psychological elements during life stages. Finally, there have always been the blending of aerobic development and MaxVO2 development and anaerobic development in short course, long course and in months or years leading up to major meet situations. For coaches who work with athletes year around and over multiple years, experience challenges in every aspect of development; therefore those coaches need a full and complete approach to athlete development. Historically there has been AAU , USAS, EastGermany and steroids, goggles, tech suits, Professional swimming, attraction of better athletes into the sport, and education of coaches over time which has created debate over “the right way” = and Covid which confused all people on so many aspects of “life its own self.” The truth of the matter is that a coach needs to have a good plan, he/she needs to be able to adapt to circumstances, the coach has the luck – or not – of having “talented athletes “ with whom you work. Either way, work diligently until the work is done. Best Wishes to all coaches.

By: SETH

SETH — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:10:02 +0000

Great article, thanks.

Comments on: How Training Has Changed Since the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic

By: Dudley Duncan

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