Swimming Technique November 1988

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Table of Contents

• Certification: Who Needs It? . . . . 9

  Drs. Bell and Reynolds turn a critical eye on ASCA’s certification program.

• Building the Profession . . . . . . . . 13

  ASCA Executive Director John Leonard discusses the goals of certification.

• Effects of Intense Training . . . . . 15

  Responses to increased training may point to warning signs of overtraining.

• Freestyle, No Frills . . . . . . . . . . . 20

  Bud McAllister isn’t much on drills, dryland or kicking-just swimming.

• Free vs. Isokinetic Weights . . . . . 28

  Training specificity allows for little crossover between modes of exercise.

• Keeping It Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

  Rich Elliott leads us through the confusing maze of pool cleaning devices.

Departments

• Beneath the Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
• Abstract View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
• Pool Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
• Books …………………….. 39
• Calendar ………………….. 39

On the Cover

Since its inception several years ago, the American Swim Coaches Association’s coaches certification program has gone through many changes. Its structure and requirements have gradually become more formalized, more stringent and more carefully scrutinized. Some, however, are still arguing about whether we need a certification program for coaches or not. Drs. Keith Bell and Stuart Reynolds contend that the certification program is not only not fulfilling its own goals, but that there is no need for the program in the first place (page 8). ASCA Executive Director John Leonard, while refusing to write a rebuttal, has set his own ideas down on paper about what the program is, how it has fared and where it is going (page 13).