Swimming Technique February 1988

Description

Table of Contents

• Stress in Age Groupers . . . . . . . . . . 9

  What creates stress for young swimmers and how can coaches and parents help?

• Flying out of the Distance . . . . . . 15

  Gary Butts talks about Pine Crest’s butterflyers and their distance training

• Reduced Training . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

  How much training is required to keep strength and endurance from declining?

• Learning to Swim . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

  Triathletes need not fear the watery portion of their sport’s three events

• Built for Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

  Anthropometric characteristics can have an effect on a swimmers success potential

• Take Your Markers ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

  Joe Groscost talks about using a felt pen to teach stroke technique to beginners.

• Inside and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

  Rich Elliott looks at the differences in operating indoor and outdoor pools.

Departments

• Beneath the Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
• Abstract View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
• Pool Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
• Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

On the Cover

Athletes, even young athletes, must learn to deal with the mental and physical stresses that go along with training and competing in a sport. But how much is healthy and how much detrimental? How early are youngsters being exposed to stress, and how early should they be? Jim Tierney presents an overview of the problem in this month’s issue, along with the results of a recent survey of age group swimmers. He believes it is the responsibility of coaches, parents and the athletes themselves, not to let sport-related stress get out of hand.

Cover photo by Budd Symes/All-Sport Photography.