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Masters Monday 15 Jan 2018 MASTERS FITNESS C COACH COPY

 

Phase Activity TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 2 x 200m  as:

1 x 200m FC as 1 x 50m Kick,  1 x 150m Swim (rest after 200m)

15” after each 200m 400 12 12
MAIN 4 x 50m @ FC 80% Effort 1:45 200

/600

 7 19
4 x 50m @ BC 80% Effort 2:00 200

/800

 8 27
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m FC ‘Zip it Up’ Drill

1 x 100m BC ‘Slomo’ Drill

 3:00 200

/1000

 6 33
4 x 50m @ BR 80% Effort 2:15 200

/1200

 9 42
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m BR ‘3 kicks, 1 Pull’ 3K1P

1 x 100m FC ‘Catch Up’ Drill

 3:00 200

/1400

 6 48
S/D 200m + (‘til end) CH Easy, long, smooth, silent swimming 200

/1600

 6 54+

 

Based on a diluted version of the B Fitness Session (itself a diluted version of the A1 Competitive session).

 

5 x 50m FC swam in o:56 so 1:45 Turn Around Time about right.

4  50m BC on 1:17 so 2:00 about right too

 

6 minutes was gained for resting during the session but there was exactly this margin left when they got to the S/D.

 

Masters Monday 15 Jan 2018 MASTERS COMPETITIVE A2 COACH COPY

 

Phase Activity TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 2 x 200m  as:

1 x 200m FC as 1 x 50m Kick,  1 x 150m Swim (rest after 200m)

15” after each 200m 400 8 8
MAIN 4 x 75m @ FC 80% Effort 1:30 300

/700

 6 14
4 x 75m @ BC 80% Effort 1:45 300

/1000

 7 21
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m FC ‘Zip it Up’ Drill

1 x 100m BC ‘Slomo’ Drill

 2:15 200

/1200

 5 26
4 x 75m @ BR 80% Effort 2:00 300

/1500

 8 34
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m BR ‘3 kicks, 1 Pull’ 3K1P

1 x 100m FC ‘Catch Up’ Drill

 2:30 200

/1700

 5 39
8 x 25 CH Sprint 1:00 200

/1900

 8 47
S/D 200m + (‘til end) CH Easy, long, smooth, silent swimming 4:00 200

/2100

 8 55+

 

This is a diluted version of the A1 plan for the same evening session. Distance covered is reduced to 2100m from 2700m. The Warm Up and Swim Down are reduced from 600m to 400m and 300m to 200m respectively.

 

Potentially increase the length of S/D given this age group and the need and benefits of a longer swim down.

 

TRT for the 4 x 75ms was increase by 15 seconds for each stroke.

 

Splits only available for the FC 1:15 so unsure how or whether to adjust the rest/

 

They were 3 minutes slower out of the warm up and gained more time on the BR 4 x 75m

 

By the last 15 minutes with the 8 x 25m CH sprints they were 6 minutes off schedule.

 

These were swum in 0:23 for FC.

 

However, there was enough margin to do a swim down in the 7 minutes remaining.

 

Masters Monday 15 Jan 2018 MASTERS FITNESS B COACH COPY

 

Phase Activity TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 2 x 200m  as:

1 x 200m FC as 1 x 50m Kick,  1 x 150m Swim (rest after 200m)

15” after each 200m 400 10 10
MAIN 4 x 50m @ FC 80% Effort 1:30 200

/600

 6 16
4 x 50m @ BC 80% Effort 1:45 200

/800

 7 23
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m FC ‘Zip it Up’ Drill

1 x 100m BC ‘Slomo’ Drill

 2:30 200

/1000

 5 28
4 x 50m @ BR 80% Effort 2:00 200

/1200

 8 36
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m BR ‘3 kicks, 1 Pull’ 3K1P

1 x 100m FC ‘Catch Up’ Drill

 2:30 200

/1400

 5 41
8 x 25 CH Fast 1:00 200

/1600

 8 47
S/D 200m + (‘til end) CH Easy, long, smooth, silent swimming 4:00 200

/1800

 8 55+

 

Based on a diluted version of the A1 Competitive Session Plan

 

This session went to plan, and even accommodated the two or more breaks to rest and chat that they like to take half way through. By the time of the 2 x 100ms we were 5 minutes off the schedule, but had exactly this level of margin in the S/D.

 

I could build in a 2 mins and 3 mins rest – but they will pick the moment to take this not me!

 

Masters Monday 15 Jan 2018 MASTERS COMPETITIVE A1 COACH & POOLSIDE COPY

From this session plan for A1 Competitive three other sessions plans are worked up to cover a six lane Pool: A2 (Competitive), B Fitness and C Fitness. These are printed off in 24pt for the poolside, excluding Distance, Duration and Total.

Phase Activity TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 3 x 200m  as:

1 x 200m FC as 1 x 50m Kick,  1 x 150m Swim (rest after 200m)

15” after each 200m 600 12 12
MAIN 4 x 75 @ FC 80% Effort 1:15 300

/900

 5 17
REST 1 18
4 x 75m @ BC 80% Effort 1:30 300

/1200

 6 24
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m FC ‘Zip it Up’ Drill

1 x 100m BC ‘Slomo’ Drill

 2:15 200

/1400

 5 29
4 x 75m @ BR 80% Effort 1:45 300

/1700

 7 36
REST 1 37
4 x 75m @ FLY ‘Single Arm Drill’ 70% Effort 1:45 300

/2000

 7 44
2 x 100m as:

1 x 100m BR ‘3 kicks, 1 Pull’ 3K1P

1 x 100m FC ‘Catch Up’ Drill

 2:30 200

/2200

 5 49
8 x 25 CH Sprint 0:30 200

/2400

 4 53
S/D 300m + (‘til end) CH Easy, long, smooth, silent swimming 4:00 300

/2700

 6 59+

For the A1 Competitive swimmers the splits were:

4 x 75m FC 1:07/1:08 giving them 7/8 seconds rest. Increase the TRT next time to 1:20 ?

4 x 75m BC 1:12/1:10 giving them 18/20 second rest. More than enough. So reduce?

4 x 75m BR 1:19/1:22 giving them 23/26 seconds rest. Reduce this or about enough?

4 x 75m Fly ‘Single Arm’ 1:22 giving them 23 seconds rest.

In both cases the 2 x 200m was rolled into a 400m without a rest. Necessary as they were getting behind on this session after 25 mins.

For a 2600m swim this came in at exactly 60 mins.

They did a 200m, not a 300m Swim Down.

 

 

Pre-Christmas Workout for Masters ‘A’

Masters Thurs 21 DEC 2017 A (COMPETITIVE) COACH COPY

Phase Activity Target TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 3 x 150m as:

FC 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m Pull, 1 x 50m Kick,

BC 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m Pull, 1 x 50m Kick,

BR 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m 3 Kicks on Arm Pull, 1 x 50m Kick,

15” Rest after each 150m 450 10 10
MAIN Race Pace Set 1

6 x 75m FC @ 200m FC pace

Try to develop your underwater kick throughout the set.  

 1:03 01:15 450/900 9 19
Recovery 1

200m FC  25m Kick on Side, 75m Breathe every 5

 05:00 200/1100 4 23
Race Pace Set 2

6 x 75m BC @ 200m pace

 1:10 01:30 450/1550 10 33
Recovery 2

200m FC  25m Kick on Side, 75m Breathe every 5

 05:00 200/1750 4 37
Race Pace Set 3

6 x 75m BR @ 200m pace

 1:18 1:45 450/2200 12 49
Recovery 3

200m FC  25m Kick on Side, 75m Breathe every 5

 05:00 200/2400 4 53
4 x 25m IM Order Sprints: 1 x 25m of each: Fly, BC, BR, FC 0:45 100/2500 4 56
S/D 200m CH Easy, Long, Smooth swimming 02:30 200/2700 4 60+
TOTAL 2500m

Not helped by having one swimmer in the lane being joined by three others after she had completed the warm up. We began to make up time but cutting back the rest of the Race Pace Set in turn for 75m FC to 01:15 from 01:30, for 75m BC to 01:30 from 01:45 and for BR to 01:45 from 02:00.

I have found that there are Masters who want to add rest, and Masters who want to cut back on rest. I do rather think that they ought to go with the sessions prepared for them. I would worry that they not working hard enough on these Race Pace Sets if they can get away with less rest.

The programme also lost Recovery 3 so that could get it all done in an hour.

 

I have

Masters Thurs 21 DEC 2017 B (FITNESS) COACH COPY

 

Phase Activity TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 3 x 150m as:

FC 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m Pull, 1 x 50m Kick

BC 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m Pull, 1 x 50m Kick

 30” Rest after each 150m 300 10 10
MAIN 6 x 50m FC @ Strong, Firm, Steady Pace 75% 01:30 300/600 9 19
100m BC as  1 x 50m Hesitation Drill, 1 x 50m Easy Swim 03:00 100/700 3 22
6 x 50m BC @ Strong, Firm, Steady Pace 75% 01:45 300/1000 11 33
100 BR 1 x 50m Extended Glide Drill, 1 x 50m Easy Swim 03:00 100/1100 3 36
6 x 50m BR @ Strong, Firm, Steady Pace 75% 2:00 300/1400 12 48
100 FC 1 x 50m Zip It Up 50 Drill, 1 x 50m East Swim 03:00 100/1500 3 51
4 x 25m CH Sprints

Hold technique. Steady, Firm and Fast

 1:00 100/1600 4 55
S/D 200m Easy Swim 05:00 200/1800 5 60
TOTAL 1800m

 

Somehow a generous 10 minutes for the Warm Up drifted to 17 minutes. They were happy to trim 15” of each of the above turn-around time.  So FC 50m to 01:15 from 01:30, BC 50m to 01:30 from 01:45 and BR 50m (reduced to x4 repetitions) to 01:45 from 02:00.

 

Masters Thurs 21 DEC 2017 C (FITNESS) COACH COPY

 

Phase Activity TRT/Rest Dist: Dur: Total
W/U 3 x 150m as:

FC 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m Pull, 1 x 50m Kick

BC 1 x 50m Swim, 1 x 50m Pull, 1 x 50m Kick

 30” Rest after each 150m 300 11 11
MAIN 3 x 50m FC @ Strong, Firm, Steady Pace 01:45 250/550 9 20
BC 1 x 50m Hesitation Drill, 1 x 50m Easy Swim 03:00 100/650 3 23
3 x 50m BC @ Strong, Firm, Steady Pace 02:00 250/900 10 33
BR 1 x 50m Extended Glide Drill, 1 x 50m Easy Swim 04:00 100/1000 4 37
3 x 50m BR @ Strong, Firm, Steady Pace 2:15 250/1250 12 49
FC 1 x 50m Zip It Up 50 Drill, 1 x 50m East Swim 03:00 100/1350 3 52
2 x 25m CH Sprints

Hold technique. Steady, Firm and Fast

 1:00 100/1450 2 54
S/D 200m Easy Swim 05:00 200/1650 5 59
1650m

 

This is the programme with adjustments made to suite the reality in the pool. Not a competitive group, but happy to be set some targets.

Masters THURS 16 NOV  2017 MASTERS B (FITNESS) COACH COPY

 

Phase Activity Effort TRT/Rest Dist: RunT Dur: Total
W/U 1 x 100m FC 50% 2:30 100 100 2:30 2:30
1 x 100m FC as 1 x 50m FC kick, 1 x 50m FC swim

1 x 100m BC as 1 x 50m BC kick, 1 x 50m BC swim

 60% 2:45

2:45

 200 300 5:30 8
MAIN 2 x 150m FC 70% 3:30 300 600 7 15
2 x 100m FC 80% 2:30 200 800 5 20
4 x 50m FC 90% 1:15 200 900 5 25
4 x 25m FC 100% 45 100 1000 3 28
1 x 200m CH Easy   50% 5:00 200 1200 5 33
2 x 150m CH not FC 70% 3:45 300 1500 8 41
2 x 100m CH not FC 80% 2:45 200 1700 5:30 47
4 x 50m CH not FC 90% 1:15 200 1900 5 50
4 x 25m CH not FC 100% 45 100 2000 3 53
S/D 1 x 200m CH Easy   50% 4:00 200m 2200m 6 59+

 

FC and CH TRT given the same. Swimmers increased these, as I have here. This would make the swim impossible to complete in 60 minutes. They stayed in the water for 65 mins. Having given them 8 minutes to complete an easy warm up this took 12 minutes as late swimmers arrived. The swim was exactly 4 minutes late all the way through.

 

A programme of club swim teaching

The programme I’ll be following for the next three months. A simple check sheet for the groups I teach each week. I see between 60 and 80 kids a week, most of these in our teaching groups. Typically age 9-12, a few a little younger. We have groups 1 to 8. Grous 1-3 can swim … they can do a 25m length. These are our beginner groups. Typically I take from Grade 4 upwards, including some who have gone through to our ‘training groups’ – these are club members who want to keep swimming, but haven’t made the grade to join a competitive squad.

Teaching lessons are 30 minutes for groups 1-3, 45 minutes for groups 4-8 and an hour for training groups.

April 13th-July 20th 2015

 

Date wc

Stroke/Activity

 Contrasting Activity

Notes

Mon 13th April

 Frontcrawl FC Turns
Mon 20th April Backcrawl BC Turns Stroke Count to flags.

All B/C finishes remain on back

Mon 27th  April

 Breaststroke BR Transition

Start/Turn
Mon 4th May Starts & Turns

(Prepare  for Dev galas)

 Comp Start sheets

Mon 11th May

 Butterfly Diving Dev gala 1

Tues 12th Grades 1-4

Sat 16th Grades 5-8

Mon 18th  May

 Breast-stroke BRS Transition
Mon 25th  May Butterfly Fly Turns

Mon 1st June

 Backstroke B/C Turns
Mon 8th June Frontcrawl Starts

Mon 15th June

 Individual Medley IM turns/finishes

Mon 22nd June

 Assessments Intro/use of pace clock
Mon 29th  June Starts & Turns Prep for Dev gala
Mon 6th July Breast-stroke BRS Transition Dev gala 2

Tues 7th Grades 1-4

Sat 11th Grades 5-8
Mon 13th July Revision/Teachers choice
Mon 20th July Relays