Jenny..........you and Matt are doing a fantastic job! You must have had an excellent coach when you were a swimmer back in Green Bay, WI. Actually I have heard that you made him a better coach!! And he appreciates it. Great stuff from UT and the Lady Vols. Keep up the good work and I hope to see you in FL in a couple months. Good luck with the rest of the season!
You bring up a great point. Women are suppossed to crank it out, do some yards, do some short rest. Men are the ones who are suppossed to use the toys and access some real power in workouts.
But wait. You are wrong. Just like every other coach who thinks speed work isn't as good for women as it is for men.
This type of technique work sets up speed work. And it IS power work.
Think about it. Most men have a lot of natural power. Men have testosterone. Of course they need the power work too, in particular at the highest levels, but aerobic training tends to help them supplement their already powerful and naturally explosive musculature.
Women, on the other hand, don't have that building testosterone. They don't have as much natural strength and explosiveness. Women have to TRAIN power and speed and explosiveness more than men.
In my experience some women actually get less fit (body fat %) with more aerobic short rest swimming. They get more fit with more explosive training.
Most coaches don't have experience coaching women this way.
Anyways, it's obvious Durham, that UT has some great women that are not Coella's recruits. Michele King was 2nd at NCs in the 50 and I think she finaled in the 100 free and the 100 breast. And sure Coella recruited Christine Magnuson, but it was the current UT staff that guided her to a silver medal in Beijing, AND an American Record in the 100 Fly.
Toys for women? Sounds inappropriate to me. Maybe less toys, more training, less hype, more substance, less blablablabla. it all seems staged, wonder if they "train" this way or if it was a "production"? The Colella recruited girls do OK. not sure about the others.
We aren't using Dartfish...we own it but haven't used it. We use 4 underwater cameras (Lorex - recommendation from the Olympic Training Center) that feed into a Pelco DVR. Feel free to get in touch with us regarding the specifics of the system.
Jen
Every coach in the country can use something in this video! I spent a day and and half with the Lady Vols, and I've never seen so many unique ways to work on technique... January 25, 2009
Tennessee Toys
You bring up a great point. Women are suppossed to crank it out, do some yards, do some short rest. Men are the ones who are suppossed to use the toys and access some real power in workouts.
But wait. You are wrong. Just like every other coach who thinks speed work isn't as good for women as it is for men.
This type of technique work sets up speed work. And it IS power work.
Think about it. Most men have a lot of natural power. Men have testosterone. Of course they need the power work too, in particular at the highest levels, but aerobic training tends to help them supplement their already powerful and naturally explosive musculature.
Women, on the other hand, don't have that building testosterone. They don't have as much natural strength and explosiveness. Women have to TRAIN power and speed and explosiveness more than men.
In my experience some women actually get less fit (body fat %) with more aerobic short rest swimming. They get more fit with more explosive training.
Most coaches don't have experience coaching women this way.
Anyways, it's obvious Durham, that UT has some great women that are not Coella's recruits. Michele King was 2nd at NCs in the 50 and I think she finaled in the 100 free and the 100 breast. And sure Coella recruited Christine Magnuson, but it was the current UT staff that guided her to a silver medal in Beijing, AND an American Record in the 100 Fly.
Mirrors=instant feedback
Jen