{"id":355849,"date":"2019-03-06T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=355849"},"modified":"2019-03-03T20:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T03:35:37","slug":"swimming-world-presents-what-coaches-can-learn-from-swimmers-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-what-coaches-can-learn-from-swimmers-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “What Coaches Can Learn From Swimmers – Part 1”"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Coaches Can Learn From Swimmers – Part 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

At first blush, education might appear to be a one-way street. Teachers teach, students learn. Same with sports\u2014coaches give instruction, athletes absorb and, hopefully, execute. But time on the job often reveals a different dynamic.<\/p>\n

In the first of a two-part series, Swimming World shares epiphanies where swimmer interaction fundamentally altered coaching behavior.<\/p>\n

Jon Urbanchek <\/span><\/h3>\n

University of Michigan head coach, 1982-2004; 6x Olympic coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGary Hall, Rod Strachan and the Furniss brothers (Chip, Steve, Bruce and Craig) all started with me as age groupers, and I coached numerous Olympians at Michigan. What I learned from Tom Dolan (world and Olympic champion) was that he had a lopsided galloping freestyle. I wanted to change it to a more symmetrical stroke, and after about six months of training, he looked like he was progressing\u2014but something just didn\u2019t feel right. He went to a meet, got beat, came back and said he would be going back to his old stroke. He was a freshman then, but very confident in his abilities. He went back to his old stroke and became the world\u2019s best swimmer in the IM.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I learned there are some things you don\u2019t break up\u2014especially a swimmer\u2019s efficient and rhythmic body movement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Gregg Wilson<\/span><\/h3>\n

(University of California Santa Barbara, 1975-2016)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKaty Freeman was an out-of-shape walk-on with a bad shoulder. She didn\u2019t say five words on her recruiting trip. She ended up being an NCAA All-American and being on a winning medley relay at the World University Games.<\/p>\n

I learned so much working with her and about breaststroke. When you spend so much time with someone, you find what makes them tick, and you can apply that to other people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nNext month in Part 2, coaches discuss the importance of feedback.<\/p>\n

To read more from these coaches and Mike Onstott<\/strong>, Joel Shinofield<\/strong>, and even Jason Lezak<\/strong>,
\ncheck out the full article in the March 2019<\/a> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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