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Coach Josh
Trotter
Senior Development Team: ages 12 and
up.
At this level
swimmers are drawing on the foundation of developed skills and
fitness to focus on competition-based training and achieving
qualifying times at swim meets for the highest level of ones
ability. Swimmers are encouraged to make a commitment to year round
swimming and develop short and long term goals with their coaches
and parents, such as; qualify for Senior Sectionals, high school
state finals, and Junior Nationals. Goals for the Senior
Development team are to improve all strokes, swim every event over
an entire season and to promote further understanding and
opportunities within the sport of swimming while preparing athletes
for the training requirements of the Senior Team. There are six 2
½ hour practices available for this group
Monday-Saturday. Attendance of five practices a week is
required (missed practices must be discussed with coach). Morning
practices are also available but not part of the 5 required
practices.
Training Focus and Goals in Senior Development for
advancement:
· Set and achieve personal goals
with parents/guardians and coaches to encourage enjoyment of
swimming with longevity in the sport
· Gain fitness comparable to those
on Senior Team
· Consistently maintain stroke
form during 5,000-7000 yard practices
· Negotiate pace clock during
complex sets
· Achieve at least 3 PNS Senior
Sectional time standards
· Swim all events over the course
of a season
· Demonstrate good sportsmanship
at practice and meets
· Contribute
to a positive team
environment
· Develop and maintain friendships
with training partners
· Communicate constructively with
coach
· Take responsibility for own
actions and swimming results
· Maintain club responsibilities;
volunteering, fundraising etc.
· Be a team player; maintain a
positive attitude, encourage teammates, sit with teammates at swim
meets, lead
team cheers, and
wear team gear at swim meets
Senior Development
Goals - November:
There are two swim meets in November. One is to be determined
(TBD). The other is an Age Group Invite, a qualifying meet. Check
to see if you qualify for this meet and sign up. If you don’t
qualify go to the TBD meet. For the swimming meet, make sure you
are signing up for events you like but also events you have not yet
swum.
Our swimming
will see a slight increase in yardage. We’ll maintain an
average of 5500-6500 yards every day. Using drill, games, swims,
and equipment, the skill work will be more refined and race focused
on all four strokes. There will be more weekly timed swims,
focusing on the 200 I.M and streamlines.
Senior Development
Goals -December:
Again there are two possible swimming meets this month. Divisional
Championships are December 5-6. If you are qualified sign up for
the Age Group Championships December 17-20.
Our focus of training this month will be directed towards swimming
the 1650 freestyle and maintaining streamlines off the walls. There
will be a timed 1650 freestyle every week this month and one
coach’s challenge to ask swimmers to do the 1650 backstroke
or breaststroke (fly?). It will be great!
Senior
Team: ages 13
and up.
The focus of the Senior Team is
to have swimmers compete at the highest levels of swimming. Goals
of swimmers on the Senior team will be include swimmers training
for high school state championships, Senior Sectionals, Junior
Nationals, Senior Nationals, Olympic Trials, various National and
International competitions, and to promote further understanding
and opportunities within the sport of swimming. At this level
swimmers are making a large commitment to their swimming
careers. There are 10 practice sessions a week (see practice
schedule). Swimmers in this group must maintain a 95% attendance
record (all absences must be discussed with coach).
Training Focus and Goals for Senior Team:
· Set and achieve personal short
and long term goals for swimming with parents/guardians and coaches
to encourage enjoyment of swimming with longevity in the
sport
· Continue developing athleticism
and fitness
· Develop and maintain friendships
with training partners
· Maintain a commitment to improve
all strokes and all events
· Participate in coach recommended
meets and compete at the highest level qualified
· Take responsibility for own
actions and swimming results
· Realize actions outside the pool
need to reflect goals in the pool
· Communicate constructively with
coaches
· Maintain club responsibilities;
volunteering, fundraising
· Contribute
to a positive team
environment
· Make lasting
relationships with club members
· Be a team player; maintain a
positive attitude, encourage teammates, sit with teammates at swim
meets, lead
team cheers, and
wear team gear at swim meets
Senior Goals-
November:
There is one swim meet in November, Age Group Invite. For the
swimming meet, make sure you are signing up for events you like but
also events you have not yet swum.
Our swimming will see a slight decrease in yardage as we move
towards more race pace swimming. We’ll maintain an average of
5,000 yards a practice. Using drills, games, swims, and equipment,
the skill work will be more refined and race focused on all four
strokes. There will be more weekly timed swims, focusing on the 200
I.M and streamlines.
Senior Goals -
December:
The swim meet this month is Washington State Champs, December
17-24.
After State Champs our
focus will on one last aerobic push going into January, aka,
Holiday Training.
Check out the entire short course
season goals, with the Senior
seasonal goal plan. Also download your meet
results sheet to plot your progress. You can easily find
your meet results in the "my meet results" section of the ESC web
site.
This guide designed to give an idea of what is expected of the
senior group and a criteria for advancement. The coaches at
Evergreen Swim club will work tirelessly within this template to
ensure that each swimmer is getting the best training available to
suit his or her goals and needs. Some swimmers may not meet every
criterion for advancement. However, based on many factors such as
fitness level, age, maturity, group cohesion and attendance coaches
may place swimmers in a more or less advanced group
if it is more beneficial to the swimmer
and the respective training group as a whole.
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