All About Competitive Swimming
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"However, the gains from this pales in comparison to swim sprint training, which is a form of High Intensity Training (HIT). Adults use HIT to slice body fat."
Hi Cimman, I have been told such HIT cannot be done too often, esp if the kids are still growing. Is this true?
How many sprint should be done per week for girls of 11-14 years. -
sammifan:
yes, as HIT is very draining, it cannot be done on a very frequent basis. There's usually a 2- 3 days of rest in between the trainings. Of course, this also varies for different people. If a person has been doing HIT for some time, a 1 day rest might be enough. If you're just starting off, best to have 3 to 4 days rest in between. There are a lot of factors here, the intensity of the HIT is also a factor. If it is not intense enough, then you can do it more often.\"However, the gains from this pales in comparison to swim sprint training, which is a form of High Intensity Training (HIT). Adults use HIT to slice body fat.\"
Hi Cimman, I have been told such HIT cannot be done too often, esp if the kids are still growing. Is this true?
How many sprint should be done per week for girls of 11-14 years.
I guess there is no simple answer to your question. You need to experiment
to find out how much your girls can take. I would say start off with sprint of 5 laps on the short end of the pool first with 2 minutes rest. Time their sprints for all 5 and you get an idea if your daughters are pushing themselves to the max. Ask your daughter how they feel after the sprints and if they have an abundance of energy, you can add 2 more sprints. Keep on adding till they say their dead tired. If your daughters can do more than 10 sprints, than they can progress to the long end of the pool (the 50m end) and start their sprints from there in the next training session. Again start with 5 first, and then check on their level of tiredness.
As for the frequency, start with 5 days of rest between HIT training. You can do this for a month to gauge their performance. Always record their lap times so that you know if their making progress and if they're pushing themselves to the limit for each lap. At the start, you will see their laps times fall after each lap. When they're stronger, they should be able to maintain their lap time for each lap, provided they get sufficient rest after each lap. Use 2 mins as a guide and if the lap times falls too much, lengthen the rest period.
Once you see the lap times stabilizing for each lap, you can either shorten the rest period for each lap or increase the number of laps for each training session. Once you hit stabilized lap times for 10 laps, consider doing 2 laps per sprint. Start with a small number first, say 3 times.
Once your daugthers get used to HIT regime, (based on stabilized laps times for all their laps, meaning their lap times should not deviate by more than 5 seconds), you can start considering shortening the 5 days a session to 4 days a session or even less. However, should keep at least 2 days of rest between each training session.
I find that with this method, you don't need to spend 3 to 4 hours in the pool for each training. You can get this done in an hour. -
jasonchow:
[/quote]My elder son is having it's competitive swimming. The training was 2 hours a day, 4 times a week. 50 meter freestyle timing down from 40 seconds to 30 seconds in 3 months.
There's great improvement in a very short time!
Where did he train? -
How abt aps swimming school? Is this school for competitive swimming?
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How abt aps swimming school? Is this school for competitive swimming?
Yes APS do have competitive classes -
thanks for your reply, any feedback for aps?
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Hi everyone. I’m a newbie here. I’m a Singaporean living in New Zealand and coming to visit my parents in December with the whole family. My 14 yr old daughter does competitive swimming and is enjoying it alot. She’d like to train while we are in Singapore but only with a club as that keeps her motivated. I’m just wondering if anyone could recommend a club to us so that we can contact them and see if training with them is possible. We will be staying with my parents in jurong so central location is fine by us. We travel abit for her training sessions anyway in New Zealand. Your help is much appreciated.
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theclarkies:
Hi everyone. I'm a newbie here. I'm a Singaporean living in New Zealand and coming to visit my parents in December with the whole family. My 14 yr old daughter does competitive swimming and is enjoying it alot. She'd like to train while we are in Singapore but only with a club as that keeps her motivated. I'm just wondering if anyone could recommend a club to us so that we can contact them and see if training with them is possible. We will be staying with my parents in jurong so central location is fine by us. We travel abit for her training sessions anyway in New Zealand. Your help is much appreciated.
Hi welcome back to Spore,
You may want to consider our few top Swim Club here which has produced quiet a number of good swimmers here
They are
APS -Ang Peng Siong
Swimfast - David Lim
ACE- See Puay Kheng
All of them are X national swimmers, X/national coachs before
You can goggle and get their location
If you cnt find or need info , send me a pm
All the best
Jeff -
Competitive Swimming isnt all about getting your kid to a good school, and it shouldn’t be. To take up any sports, one require discipline, perseverance and definitely passion. If your kid were to join competitive swimming for the sake of DSA, she will lose interest in the sport in the long run.
My daughter is a competitive swimmer, and like any other sportsman, she trains up to 14hrs a week. I would say she has not only become more discipline but also learnt to persevere and "take the pain, and continue". It is not about intensive training, but how one manages her time.
It is true that she has broad shoulders and very sporty build (not exactly muscular), but this shows that swimming is a very effective sport. It trains almost all core muscles (thighs, abdominal, back) and most importantly, it keeps one fit and agile. If one participates intensively in any sports, he/she is most likely to become a little muscular, not just in swimming.
Yes, swimming is all about the millisecond. This just shows the importance of time, and how one will strive to improve himself by that millisecond. And to improve, training is a must.
I hope this answers your queries, and will help you make the decision on whether or not competitive swimming is suitable for your kid.
Thank you -
theclarkies:
Hi everyone. I'm a newbie here. I'm a Singaporean living in New Zealand and coming to visit my parents in December with the whole family. My 14 yr old daughter does competitive swimming and is enjoying it alot. She'd like to train while we are in Singapore but only with a club as that keeps her motivated. I'm just wondering if anyone could recommend a club to us so that we can contact them and see if training with them is possible. We will be staying with my parents in jurong so central location is fine by us. We travel abit for her training sessions anyway in New Zealand. Your help is much appreciated.
Greetings!
The nearest swim club from your house would be Jurong Country Club, but you can try out swim clubs like APS (ferrer park) or Swimfast. They are not far from Jurong if you take MRT
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