Retiring Notre Dame Coach Tim Welsh

Notre Dame's Coach Tim Welsh is retiring at the end of this season. Here is a link to a tribute to Coach Welsh by Coach Chuck Warner, in a recent article from his "Lessons from Legends" series on SwimSwam.com. 
http://swimswam.com/winning-wisdom-kindness/

Original post received via coach Jack Simon

Simon Jones

January 23

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Chuck Warner's Latest "Lessons From Legends"

SwimSwam.com posted a new, "Lessons from Legends," article today, by Coach Chuck Warner. While the article (http://swimswam.com/lessons-legends-usa-swimmings-enduring-roses/)  was about Coach Bill Rose and his wife, Coach Siga Rose, there was a reference in it to a young swimmer, Karen Crouse, who had interviewed and written about her DeAnza teammate Mike Bruner for a school assignment. In the comments to the SwimSwam piece, a writer provided a link to a June 30, 2012 story in the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/sports/olympics/swimmer-and-young-writer-inspired-each-other-in-1976.html?_r=0), by now journalist Karen Crouse, that described that school assignment, and the inspiration the assignment gave to her to become a write, and to Mike Bruner as he competed in the 1976 Olympic Trials at Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, CA. We hope you enjoy the story.

Are You a Practice or a Meet Swimmer?

SwimSwam.com published an article yesterday by Eric McGinnis, Rollins College, titled "4 Reasons You Are a Practice Swimmer." (http://swimswam.com/4-reasons-youre-practice-swimmer/)

An interesting and provocative article. I lean toward agreeing with the 4 reasons. Note that this article was written by a college coach, who is a former elite level swimmer. However, the comments to it seem to pertain mostly to age group swimming (14 & U). My questions: Should age group swimmers build a base with more yardage and short rest sets through a certain age and stage of development, then spend more time working specific race pace sets as they progress into higher levels of swimming? Does it benefit young swimmers more to swim at race pace now; or, should they first develop excellent techniques in all 4 strokes, build endurance and aerobic capacity, and then move toward practicing what I call that "5th stroke," i.e., sprinting/speed? PSYCHODAD's and COACHPETE's comments are spot on for age groupers (and Masters swimmers, too). Technique is extremely important at all levels to develop that muscle memory. Once that is established, a swimmer can work specifically on speed and race pace workouts without sacrificing technique.

ASCA Clinic

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