{"id":355999,"date":"2019-03-10T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=355999"},"modified":"2019-03-04T13:44:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T20:44:39","slug":"swimming-world-presents-special-sets-season-long-and-championship-prep-for-10-and-unders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-special-sets-season-long-and-championship-prep-for-10-and-unders\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Special Sets: Season-Long and Championship Prep for 10-and-Unders with Dory Halbe”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special Sets: <\/span>
\nSeason-Long and Championship Prep for 10-and-Unders<\/span><\/h2>\n

with Dory Halbe<\/span><\/h3>\n

When an elite swimmer shines, sunlight occasionally falls on the athlete\u2019s coach. In the ensuing excitement, what is often overlooked is the contribution made years earlier by the 10-and-under coach who set the foundation for success and possible stardom by teaching proper mechanics, motivation and a love of the sport.<\/p>\n

Before beginning at Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club in 2011, Dory Halbe<\/strong> was a breaststroke and sprint freestyle standout at\u00a0American University. Gone and not forgotten, Halbe still holds individual school records in the 50 and 100 free, 100 breast and 200 IM, and owns a share of the 200 free and medley relays. These days, she coaches at NCAP\u2019s Georgetown Prep location.<\/p>\n

\u201c10-and-unders, in my humble opinion, is the best age to coach,\u201d she offers. \u201cThey take it just seriously enough that you can challenge them in practice, but yet still get them to have fun and engage in silly ways. As a 10-and-under coach, you\u2019re basically teaching swimming\u2014all of it from the stroke to lane etiquette. 10-and-unders need consistency, repetition and fun. The sets that follow are not typical \u2018sets,\u2019 but more concepts and challenges that we like to give them in practice in preparation for a meet.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe start out with a week in every stroke. We begin with free and back for two weeks, then move into breast and fly the following two weeks. Drills all focus on body position first, then full stroke,\u201d Halbe says.<\/p>\n

Sample Set: Drop-Out 50s<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got this set from Yuri Suguiyama when he was with us. These are 50s free starting on the 1:00 with the interval dropping down :01 every time. I have a laminated sheet that indicates when swimmers leave. When swimmers miss the interval, they sit out and put fins on, then go again.\u201d (See the \u201cDrop-out 50s\u201d chart for intervals starting at 1:15 down to :26, and when to leave.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

\"Special<\/p>\n

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To access Dory Halbe’s full list of sets for 10-and-unders,
\ncheck out the Special Sets article in the March 2019<\/a> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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