I wrote an article for the Team Aquatic Supplies Blog called 'Bring In The Experts' that featured a workout with my good friend Cam Cummings coming in and doing a backstroke focused seminar with my group.
Response from the article has been overwhelming positive and I'm grateful for the feedback I have been receiving. To be honest, the positive feedback should be more appropriately directed at some of the great young men and women I've had come in and give their time to my group. It's not just been Cam but I'll get to a lessons learned from special guests post at a later date.
This post is sort of a 'behind the article' type of post, with a look at the video taken during the practice and some more of the photos...
I had to cut the video a little abruptly, one of the precocious Bronze swimmers was demanding why I was taking a video and sometimes the inquiries of 9 year olds can not be ignored.
I love this video, this is Petr showing off his spin drill skills. He gets right into the drill, which is symptomatic of why he's one of the most improved swimmers in my group this year. He jumps right into skill and tries them with no hesitation of feat that he'll "look silly". Great stuff!
This clip was featured on the TAS blog and I put it there because it simply shows everything that was good about this workout. Organization, enthusiasm, skill focus and improvement. This is why bringing in the big guns is a must.
Evan and Graham (above) both dialed in and listening actively. I love seeing this!
This photo above shows that we're working in a pool at Harbord that has quite narrow lanes, which is ideal for working on backstroke. I get the most out of the space because trying to go fly or breast in such narrow lanes with 4-5 teenagers per lane would be a lot more difficult then backstroke in the same space.
A good Monday PM practice and something I was happy to share with the TAS blog and hopefully eyeballs are fixed on what's going on here at TSC!
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