{"id":393569,"date":"2019-09-10T04:35:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T11:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=393569"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:33:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:33:10","slug":"better-swimming-through-technology-tracking-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/better-swimming-through-technology-tracking-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Swimming Through Technology; Tracking Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Thomas<\/strong>, currently head age group coach at Great Wolf Swim Club in Spring Lake Park, Minn., has a passion for recording times and using data to maximize swimmer performance. In summer 2017, Great Wolf purchased 10 TritonWear units. Since then, Thomas has become a huge proponent of this advanced swimming technology, an artificial intelligence-based coaching tool produced by a firm in Toronto, Ontario.<\/p>\n

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With TritonWear, swimmers track training, diagnose weaknesses, and monitor progress; Photo Courtesy: Great Wolf Swim Cub<\/p><\/div>\n

The company\u2019s latest hardware iteration, the Triton2, is a great complement to its comprehensive swim analytics platform that tracks 13 different metrics based on swimmer motion. The metrics include splits, stroke rates, index and speed, DPS, time in breakouts, turns and underwater. In short, the information recorded in a small unit placed inside a swimmer\u2019s cap, is transmitted immediately to an iPad. This data gives coach and swimmer the ability to track training, diagnose weaknesses and monitor progress. Additionally, motion analysis software syncs video with the power of acceleration and speed data. The resulting frame by frame output clearly indicates which movements help a swimmer gain or lose speed within their strokes and skills.<\/p>\n

Pricing is an annual per athlete subscription, ($188 USD, volume discounts available) and includes all TritonWear swimming technology tools plus one free Triton 2 unit.<\/p>\n

The Great Wolf Experience<\/h3>\n

Thomas was a conference champion sprinter at Gustavus Adolphus College. In a coaching career interrupted by forays into the business world he has managed to coach three Edina High School girls teams to state championships. His highest profile athlete, among many, was Lori Heisick<\/strong>, 17x All-American (Stanford)<\/a> and 7x National Team member who set the national high school in the 100 breaststroke record and finished third at 1988 Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n

These days Thomas coaches Great Wolf\u2019s junior elite squad that includes the team\u2019s top 11-14 year olds. Most are champion swimmers, holding times of AAA or better. He reports that almost 25 % are zone qualifiers. He has been collecting information on his swimmers for more than 2 years now and the resulting data has given him a substantial knowledge base on which to establish future training.<\/p>\n

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USA Swimming High Point Award for Wolf Pack Swim Club swimmer, Lilly, in 11-12 Age Group; Photo Courtesy: John Thomas<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a huge fan of over distance swimming,\u201d he says. \u201cI want speed first and then work on conditioning. And I do have my swimmers do some USRPT training. Swimmers have to find out how to deal with the increased speed and eliminate drag. Stroke technique is another big part of our training for all strokes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been interested in new equipment and technique my entire career. With Tritonwear the information gathering has been much easier, giving both coach and athlete insights into performance never before available,\u201d says Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe coaches and athletes are missing some real opportunities by not embracing this technology. When I\u2019ve talked with some coaches about this product they indicate interest but usually don\u2019t go any further. Many are set in their ways and don\u2019t see the need to keep track of this type of information. They feel the hassle of having swimmers wear the units and the monitoring is too great. Their attitude seems to be \u2018when I leave practice I\u2019m done\u2019 and they are unwilling to invest the time to keep track of the data.<\/p>\n

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“What I like is that the units force the swimmers to be accountable to what they do in the pool,” says John Thomas of the TritonWear unit.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWith some swimmers it is the same. They know they are monitored, but only a few take the time to look over their data. While they are focused in the pool, once they are finished they are also done and don\u2019t want to bother with anything further.\u00a0My hope is that current TritonWear users who don\u2019t bother to review their data will want to look at it at some time in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 24 months my observation is that the top 10% of swimmers will improve because of talent and training. This group may not need the TritonWear units as much as the next 20-30%. I am convinced TritonWear metrics for those swimmers will results in faster times and stroke improvement. And it is from this group, by accessing any of the 13 different metrics tracked by TritonWear, that may come swimming\u2019s next big star.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the Beginning<\/h3>\n

\u201cInitially the units floated from one swimmer or another and were not assigned to a particular profile. At the end of practice I would tell a swimmer to go to a particular email to which the unit had been assigned and view their workout. That was cumbersome. Now I\u2019ve now got 8 swimmers who have their own profile and their workout goes directly to their own email,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn practice now I hand out the units. With them, swimmers know they are being monitored and we get an exact record of their practice performance. That\u2019s something we would not have if we didn\u2019t have the units. What I like is that the units force the swimmers to be accountable to what they do in the pool — on every set and each length.\u00a0 If they decide to take it easy on some workout portion the data will reflect it.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve seen better engagement by swimmers when they are wearing a unit,\u201d says Thomas.<\/p>\n

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Head Age Group coach uses TritonWear swimming technology to help get these athletes to the medal stand; Photo Courtesy: Great Wolf Swim Club<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhen we first purchased TritonWear, I was most interested in the record of all the tracked metrics. Stroke rate and DPS are not easy to follow during most workouts. TritonWear does it for us. \u00a0Many times you may ask a swimmer to work on these two things. Over the course of the workout they may forget about them. With this tracking swimmers know if they put effort into it the metrics will register it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is easy to set time goals. We talk to swimmers specifically about improving their TritonWear metrics to reach those ends. For example, if a swimmer\u2019s DPS goes up and their times haven\u2019t, it may be because of a heavy training load. However, once rested and stronger and because of a greater DPS, they may get faster and show time improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo help me track swimmer progress and explain results I assemble the TritonWear data into spreadsheets. That allows me to compare a set done today with one done previously and see how, and if, things are changing. The TritonWear software indicates that in most in most cases swimmers are getting faster.\u00a0 It would be very difficult to do the time recording on so many metrics without using the units.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a math professor friend at nearby Macalester College. He notices that many students, not just math majors, are applying statistical principles to their particular majors. He asserts that statistics are the future and will be needed in everything we do. \u00a0I am certainly a believer in how that applies to swimming,\u201d says Thomas.<\/p>\n

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