{"id":508219,"date":"2023-01-06T05:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T12:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=508219"},"modified":"2023-01-06T15:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T22:50:06","slug":"dealing-with-disappointment-part-ii-ways-coaches-can-provide-their-athletes-with-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dealing-with-disappointment-part-ii-ways-coaches-can-provide-their-athletes-with-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing With Disappointment (Part II): Ways Coaches Can Provide Their Athletes With Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dealing With Disappointment (Part II): Ways Coaches Can Provide Their Athletes With Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Previously, Swimming World took a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dealing-with-disappointment-how-coaches-can-help-their-athletes-manage\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">macro look at coach-and-swimmer reaction to disappointing performances<\/a>. In this installment from the July issue of Swimming World Magazine, we explore how some of the country\u2019s most respected coaches handle that experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Logan Redondo<\/strong>, Mission Viejo Nadadores co-head coach has a been-there-done-that r\u00e9sum\u00e9. A University of Minnesota kinesiology graduate with an emphasis in psychology, Redondo was a Big Ten and two-time Olympic Trials swimmer who worked with <strong>Mark<\/strong> <strong>Schubert<\/strong> and <strong>Bill Rose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA prelude to any talk about fears, failures and disappointments requires consistent face time with each athlete. Having an environment of trust and a place where conversations can be held in a safe and honest place is paramount,\u201d says Redondo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy primary role as a coach is to provide athletes with the tools to better navigate life. In many cases, swimming setbacks help create the opportunity to do that. To help put a positive spin on a disappointment, we as coaches have to create a safe environment and culture where failure can be welcomed. Offering tough workouts to the point of failure without consequence is something we do on a regular basis to help understand that failure is part of the process,\u201d Redondo says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON WISCONSIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the surface, <strong>Brent Boock\u2019s<\/strong> Elmbrook Swim Club hasn\u2019t encountered many setbacks recently. Witness the establishment of 10 senior girls SCY team records since March 2021. This year, his females won NCSA Juniors by 322.5 points (second in 2021), and three (<strong>Campbell Stoll<\/strong>, <strong>Lucy Thomas<\/strong>, <strong>Maggie Wanezek<\/strong>) finished in first, third and seventh in the NCSA Spring Invite high-point standings. Stoll and Wanezek are currently USA Swimming National Junior Team members and are a part of four 15-18 NAG medley relay records.<\/p>\n<p>Not all Boock\u2019s swimmers win every event, so he arms them with coping strategies. \u201cWe talk constantly from a young age on how to work a meet. We teach them that coaches, teammates, parents and even competitors support them for the people they are\u2014not just for a place, time or performance in a meet. That said, having a healthy separation between sense of self and performance helps swimmers\u2014and the coach\u2014maintain perspective. A positive performance does not make you a good person, nor does a bad one make you a bad person,\u201d he says. \u201cGreat or bad practice? Take what you can and move on to the next session. And&#8230;leave it in the pool when you leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAthletes need to know that you are invested in them and that they are not alone. Each athlete\/coach relationship is its own individual \u2018team.\u2019 I\u2019m with them in the highs, the lows, the necessary soul searching and figuring the path forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacing is fun! That means entering a race with the hope that your competitors are the best they can be. It\u2019s not always about winning or even a best time. It\u2019s about the opportunity\u2014to be your best and help your competitors be their best. That\u2019s the fun! Not every race will be one for the ages, but if you enjoy each one, the great ones will come, \u201csays Boock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AT THE MEET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Brooks<\/strong> is one of the country\u2019s most respected age group coaches. He\u2019s coached beginners, NJT swimmers, national team members and an Olympian. His seminal book, Developing Swimmers, belongs in every coaches\u2019 library. He has served as a coach on numerous USA international teams and presently coaches \u201cin poor French,\u201d he says, at Neptune Natation in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a subpar swim, the goal becomes to ensure the next one is better. Is it a short-term tweak (i.e., tactic, breathing pattern, etc.) that can be fixed by tonight\u2019s final? Or is it a longer-term problem that probably results from not having done something in practice? And if so, that\u2019s my fault. Or&#8230;has the swimmer ignored something I wanted them to do?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the time my suggestions are tactical, technical or even psychological. The longer-term stuff that can\u2019t be resolved in the moment is probably best not brought up at all. I don\u2019t want the swimmer thinking, \u2018I haven\u2019t been training well&#8230;therefore, the next races are going to be bad for the same reason.\u2019 If my swimmer is really emotional, I postpone any discussion and send them to the warm-down pool. When they are calm, we can talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother issue,\u201d he says, \u201cis distinguishing between an everyday disappointment\u2014i.e., second vs. first, slower than wanted, etc.\u2014and an existential disappointment\u2014i.e., third at Olympic Trials, which will haunt you for the next 80 years. In the latter one, as a coach, you need to understand the level of disappointment and help the swimmer judge by the body of work rather than just one single race. For me, it\u2019s about getting better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost performances are less than perfect. If the only thing that will pass muster is an Olympic gold medal or world record, there will always be a level of imperfection and disappointment. The secret is to live with and be motivated by that,\u201d says Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd knowing your swimmer is key. I can be a lot harder on some swimmers. Others I handle with kid gloves. With gender, it\u2019s more individual. Some guys are not as strong; some girls are tough as nails. Older swimmers are more predictable because you are familiar with their patterns. Younger ones may have different issues with different races. With youngsters, you can suggest something and then send them to the warm-down pool. Then before the next race, you can address the problem they didn\u2019t know they had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can almost always find something good about a race. If you\u2019ve talked about meet management\u2014i.e., what\/when to eat, etc.\u2014tactics, visualization and clearly worked on that in practice, you\u2019ve solved a lot of problems before you\u2019ve even gotten to the meet. That comfort helps swimmers be more self-reliant. It also enables the more sophisticated ones to give me a pretty good answer to my competition-related questions. In those cases I\u2019ll say, \u2018That sounds like what I saw, too; let\u2019s go out a little quicker this evening.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsking \u2018How was it?\u2019 is important because sometimes my expectations are much higher than the swimmer\u2019s. Occasionally, without athlete input, I have jumped on someone who\u2019s been really happy with their swim, and then I\u2019ve ruined any goodwill I had with them for the rest of the meet. I\u2019ve gotten much better at not being so foolish!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE TEXAS TAKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This past season, <a href=\"https:\/\/texassports.com\/sports\/womens-swimming-and-diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Longhorn coaches<\/a> noticed tension at early season meets. They found a solution to swimmer apprehension through a common language, a three-field diagram and a mantra they called, \u201cLet Her Rip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let her rip:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Having fun<br \/>\n\u2022 Swimming free<br \/>\n\u2022Swimming for something<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs coaches, we talked about holding on to the excitement, letting go of expectations and finding places to which the athletes could return whether they swam well or not. The approach resonated,\u201d says assistant coach Mitch Dalton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking advantage of the physiological and psychological space afforded by warm-down swims, we asked questions of swimmers and then listened.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What went on out there?<br \/>\n\u2022 That didn\u2019t look like you, did it?<br \/>\n\u2022 What was going on in your mind?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that asking questions after warm-down, when emotions were less raw, gave us better information. A disappointing swim is one thing. Defining success as the best you\u2019ve ever been, is a pretty narrow lane to be in,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The coaches also developed acronyms to help reframe swimmer response to in-season swims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018FUSE\u2019 was Fastest Unsuited Swim Ever. \u2018BOSS\u2019 was Best of Season Swim. It helped us move forward so results weren\u2019t viewed as best time or bust,\u201d says Dalton. \u201cYou always need to be building toward something. That\u2019s the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the Texas women, that \u201csomething\u201d was a season-ending NCAA second-place finish\u2014the team\u2019s best since their last title in 1991.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more on coach response (Eddie Reese, Gregg Troy, Jack Bauerle, Bill Schalz et al.) to disappointing swims, see Michael J. Stott\u2019s previous Swimming World articles, \u201cPoor Performance&#8230;The Next Step\u201d (February 2020) and \u201cSo Near, Yet So Far\u201d(March 2009).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Michael J. Stott is an ASCA Level 5 coach, golf and swimming writer. His critically acclaimed coming-of-age golf novel, \u201cToo Much Loft,\u201d is in its second printing, and is available from store.Bookbaby.com, Amazon, B&amp;N and book distributors worldwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealing With Disappointment (Part II): Ways Coaches Can Provide Their Athletes With Support Previously, Swimming World took a macro look at coach-and-swimmer reaction to disappointing performances. 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