I need questions to ask potential swim team coaches?
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You definately want to be able to do a background check on them and get references and ask if they are willing to get certified in cpr and first aid or coaches safety training.  You want to ask them about their coaching philosophy and about the type of environment they want to have on the team.  From this question you can see if they will fit with what you want the team to be.  Some swim coaches are very serious, no games, hard practices, all about performance, even in rec leagues, and some coaches see rec leagues as being about the swimmers experience and having it be fun for everyone and giving everyone the chance to swim everything, etc.  You also might want to ask them if they are willing to get into the water in order to help teach beginners on the team.  Also, ask how they do meet entries.  Is it about letting everyone try everything, or will the fastest kids get the most events and the slowest kids get fewer entries with whatever is leftover?  Finally, I'd give them a couple situations and ask how they'd deal with it.  For example, a parent being upset with their kids meet entries, two swimmers verbally or physically fighting at practice, or a parent comes to the coach with concerns that their child is being made fun of or picked on at practice because of their weight or skills.  It is most important to make sure the coach has a coaching philosophy that matches what you want for the team, and that the coach is able to deal with both the parents and swimmers in a manner that you agree with, because that is where most of the problems come from with age-group swim coaches.
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What the hell does your question have to do with swimming and diving?
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swim with thier mouths open
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Nice to see another Singaporean online!\n\nHave you thought of approaching the Singapore Sports Council to ask for help. If it is a school related team, you could ask the MOE Physical Education department for some expertise as to how to coach and train a team, and do it yourself.
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Be encouraged that if you seriously set a goal to improve your time, then you will!  These are some steps to take along the way.  First, work with experienced and trustworthy tutors to learn swim techniques.  Ask several coaches to watch you swim and accept their corrections and suggestions. Practice what works for you and discard what doesn't.  If possible, select one coach to encourage you, time you, spur you on.  Second, borrow books from the library about swimming, watch video tapes, and you will discover a lot.  Read Total Immersion material. You will be fascinated with your reading.  Also, research your topic on line to find articles about backstroke and freestyle.   Third, working your fast twitch muscles will help you improve time.  As you improve in technique, then -- and only then --practice harder and faster swims each time you get in the water.  Watch the clock and try to improve each week.  Most importantly, have patience with yourself and be less self-critical.  Let go of negative thoughts and stay positive.  A great deal of swimming is mental activity so stay positive.    As you practice new techniques to improve your strokes, you will find yourself improving, getting a better feel for the water.  In the end, you might surprise yourself with an improved attitude and an incredible mind-set about life.
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No, sorry... I was a diver and my sister is a diving/swimming coach. She went to state for her excellent diving skills from the time she was in 8th grade til she was in 12th... :D That doesn't help you much though. Does it? LOL
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It is usually good coaching that makes a good swimming club. A coach (or coaches) that are dedicated to the sport and their members.\nOther factors that make a swim club a good one is a clean, safe facility, one that gives swimmers teh opportunity to participate in a lot of meets, and one with positive, supportive, families as memebers.
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so what is your question? Yes go for the coaching job, sounds fun.
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Ahhh the age old problems for a competitive swimmer.\nSpeaking from experience as both a swimmer, mom of swimmer and coach......\n\nSWIM!  cross training is always good but there is nothing that will keep you in shape for swimming except swimming.  So if you live in an area that has a YMCA or USA swim team they have year round swimming... in fact......\n\nYou could still join a USA or YMCA team right now make a couple of qualifying meets  and still make state if you were good enough.. Thier qualifying times will be different than High School swimming AND it goes by age category.. so 14 year olds and 17 year olds are in different events Usually..\nEasier to make state for some that way.\nRegardless... you will have your structures swim practices...\nSeasons for both end about Mid march, late march for state swimmers...\nThen there is a break til summer team...\nSO yu will still have a period..\nSimply make you own workouts and show up and swim.....\nIf you are not a YMCA member or cant afford the fees to join.. often times they can be reduced or waived... ask about it at the front desk. Ive known kids who did nto have to pay any team fees for Y team .\n\nI guess the big thing is that you keep swimming... even a 3 week break will huurt you.. There is not another sport that conditions you for swimming like swimming...\n\nGood Luck \n\nTry these links\n\nwww.usswim.org   \n\nwww.clubswim.com\n\n\nWismom
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When teaching kids, don't try to teach them the whole swim process at one time. Concentrate on two or three parts of the stroke per lesson. I usually work on different parts of the body. The head position, arm/stroke, and kick. This way the students don't get overwhelmed. Be patient.
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You can get some great videos/dvds from USA Swimming or Swimming World magazine's website.  My two personal favorites (as a swim coach) are the GoSwim series and the "Eddie Reese on ..." series.  I have included links below.
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dolphin lover? I hope you're talking about the team! Anywho, from my long list of experiences, jsut ask questions. been there, done that. The only way you could run out is if u think to much. Just go with the flow. You can add questions ON TOP on questions if that makes sense to you. She'll see you are interested in her and maybe she'll ask you some questions herself!
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You'll find a list of Swimming Schools in your area at this website.\n\nGood luck.
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This quote is my favorite it by Ashley Rice~ Remember you are always loved~And here are some more swimming qoutes and just quotes~\n"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that separates us physically at the elite level".\nElka Graham\n\n"People ask me 'what was going through your mind in the race?' and I don't know. I try and ...let my body do what it knows".\nIan Thorpe\n\n"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it".\nMichael Phelps\n\n"Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals." Kieren Perkins\n\n"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from."\nIan Thorpe\n\n"I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck." \nMegan Quann\n\n"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them." Amanda Beard\n\n"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualization. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was gonna be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". \nMichael Phelps\n\n"The water is your friend.....you don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move". \nAlexandr Popov \n\n"It's never too late to be what you might have been".\nGeorge Eliot\n\n"We become what we think about all day long".\nRalph Waldo Emerson\n\n"We tend to get what we expect"\nNorman Vincent Peale\n\n\n"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right".\nHenry Ford\n\n"This world is but canvas to our imaginations".\nHenry David Thoreau\n\n"No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent"\nEleanor Roosavelt\n\n"We are what we think".\nBuddha \n\nDo not think that what your thoughts dwell on does not matter. Your thoughts are making you.\nBishop Steere\n\nWorry is a think stream of fear which, if encouraged, becomes a wide channel into which all other thoughts flow. Assume an attitude of positive expectancy! \nAuthor Unknown\n\nMany of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison\n\n"Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better"\nEmile Coue\n\n"Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not"\nGeorge Bernard Shaw\n\n\n"I am the greatest!"\nMuhammad Ali\n\n\nHope you like all the quotes!! God Bless.
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Contact the coach at the high school and see if he has any recommendations.
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Try a company called In The Swim (web search), or Cy's in Catonsville, MD. You can also go to ASCA (American Swim Coaches Association) to look for resources.
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I would call up a local high school (or maybe junior high) and ask to speak with the baseball coach or even the head of the athletic department.  I'm sure the coaches would know of local clinics.