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Ageing Up
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12.33
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This is about how parents can keep swimmers from getting
discouraged when they age up. That the swimmers needs to focus on
things other than winning, such as: improving their times,
technique and developing new skills.
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Are Swim Camps Worth The
Money?
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14.09
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Are swim camps worth the money spent? Which swim camp should I
attend?
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Moving From Summer League To Year Round
Swimming”
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14.65
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This is about what things are emphasized at the year round swim
team, that we feel that long distance training is not necessary in
the developing years but that stroke mechanics are of the utmost
importance.
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Playing Favorites
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12.80
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Athletes ready to learn, ready to listen and ready to act on what
they learned are also ready to get more out of the program.
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Swim Meet Protocol For
Parents
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15.28
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Enthusiastic parental support has been a hallmark of VAST and is
both encouraged and essential.
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Swimming Tired
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15.85
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Many parents and swimmers have difficulty of the idea of swimming
tired at swim meets. Swimming tired at swim meets helps to optimize
the benefit of training for the purpose of swimming faster at
Championship Meets.
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That’s Not It
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17.97
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What is it? It is the fact that young people need to learn to
dedicate themselves to something that is difficult, something
requiring guts and perseverance. Why? They need chances to become
“heroic.”
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Training Table In Your
Backpack
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16.04
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World-class athletes have long known that a backpack, gym bag or
locker can make a great training table.
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Two A Day Swim Practices: When Should The
Athlete Start?
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12.27
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Parents and coaches should consider age, events and goals when
deciding when an athlete should start two a day practices.
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Warming Down At Meets --
Why?
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17.84
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One of the most important and most often neglected post-race and
post-training procedures for swimmers is to warm (cool)
down.
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Watching Your Child at Swim Lessons or
Swim
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16.43
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This is about the desire to direct, coach, encourage, and sometimes
scold your child at practice.
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What is Long Course, What is Short
Course?
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11.77
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An explanation of the Long Course season and the Short Course
season and why it is important to not compare times from long
course meets to short course meets.
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What To Expect At Swim
Meets
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19.79
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When to arrive at the meet, what to pack, what expenses to expect
and what to expect during the meet.
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What’s Going On In
Practice
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12.58
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An explanation of what happens at a typical VAST practice.
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When Sally Swims Great…How to Talk to
Your Child at a Swim Meet
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20.55
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How swim meet conversations between parent and athlete can be
productive or counterproductive. Parents need to contribute to a
positive swim meet experience for their child. What roles must the
coach, athlete and parent serve on days of the swim meet?
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When Sally Swims Poorly…How to Talk to
Your Child at a Swim Meet
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19.79
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How swim meet conversations between parent and athlete can be
productive or counterproductive. Parents need to contribute to a
positive swim meet experience for their child. What roles must the
coach, athlete and parent serve on days of the swim meet?
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Who Should The Head Coach Work
With?
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14.44
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Who the head coach should work with should be a matter that the
Board of Directors and the coach resolve together. In this article
are some tips to think about when deciding who the head coach
should work with and why?
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