All About Competitive Swimming

[IMIM]

swimironkids:

Check out todays Straits Times under Sports - 16th Aug 2012

Darren Lim age 13 fastest boy in town!
His sister Shana Lim is the 50m backstrokes national record holder

Wow, where do these duo trains?

[swimironkids]

IMIM:

swimironkids:

Check out todays Straits Times under Sports - 16th Aug 2012

Darren Lim age 13 fastest boy in town!
His sister Shana Lim is the 50m backstrokes national record holder

Wow, where do these duo trains?

They both trained at Singapore top elite club :Swimfast aquatic club (SAC)
You want to join...hehe..nah joking only!

[Wolfgirl]

My girl has just been invited to join APS Junior competitive squad.

Will be increasing her training to min 3 x 2h a week.
When she settles into her routine in P1 next year, and if she is able to, will increase it to 4 or 5 x 2h.

Commitmment is really important, expecially from parents. I am afraid I am the one who can’t take it. hahahaha

[IMIM]

Yes it's the parents who's the chauffeur , assistance coach, masseuse , training partner...etc...lol

APS is a legend already................

[Shaolin8]

Hi Wolfgirl,

is your daughter called Rain, who won the APS 30m freestyle for 6 yrs old girls at 29.63 seconds?
my son won the same meet at 28.97s for boys 6 years old.
Can you share how you going into this competitive meet mode?
My son is going to Pri1 too next year, and the school does not have swimming on its curriculum for Pri1.
Cant afford the Aquatic Club. Too expensive.

[Wolfgirl]

Shaolin8:

Hi Wolfgirl,

is your daughter called Rain, who won the APS 30m freestyle for 6 yrs old girls at 29.63 seconds?
Yes, My girl is Rain.

my son won the same meet at 28.97s for boys 6 years old.
Your son is Alexander? FP or ACJC? My girl is at FP under coach Ding Yi at the moment.

Can you share how you going into this competitive meet mode?
My girl used to learn at a public pool. Her instructor advised me to send her to train in a club. I cannot afford swimming clubs like CSC/SSC and SSA does not have 5 y.o. teams at that time, so I enrolled her in APS. APS assessed her and put her into station 5. That is why she is eligible for their novice meet (station 6 and below).

My son is going to Pri1 too next year, and the school does not have swimming on its curriculum for Pri1.
My girl's school does not have swimming even as a CCA. Not sure about enrichment or PE syllabus.

Cant afford the Aquatic Club. Too expensive.
Aquatic club: You mean clubs like Chinese Swimming club? Yes. They are expensive. My expert swimming friend recommended APS (he used to teach there) and that APS trains kids as well as swimming clubs.

[swimironkids]

http://www.finaworldcup.com.sg/


FINA/Arena World Cup 2012
10 & 11th November at Singapore Sports School
Ticket at $20 or $30 for both days

Bring your kids, motivate them watching world class swimmers in action!

[swimironkids]

Shaolin8:

Hi Wolfgirl,

is your daughter called Rain, who won the APS 30m freestyle for 6 yrs old girls at 29.63 seconds?
my son won the same meet at 28.97s for boys 6 years old.
Can you share how you going into this competitive meet mode?
My son is going to Pri1 too next year, and the school does not have swimming on its curriculum for Pri1.
Cant afford the Aquatic Club. Too expensive.

I hope you dont mean SAC - Swimfast aquatic club ?
Being the top club in Singapore, as far as I know the fee for their Junior Competitive for 5times a week (530-8pm) is very cheap.
If I were to conduct the class myself at that fee, I think I will end up eating grass..lol
Anyone interest in joining SAC or requires more details can PM me!

[swimironkids]

I hv received some queries regarding the Category of Coaches here in Spore so I thought maybe I share some details here.

Its ok becos most of them have no clues at all…lol

All Coaches in Spore who are teaching at Public Pool (Pools owned and maintain by Spore Sports Council) must be registered with NROC ( National Registry of Coaches - Renewable every 3 yrs )
Those not register are not allow to teach at the Public Pool
There are 3 levels of Coaches under NROC
L1 - Coach: Learn to Swim
L2 - Senior Coach : Learn to Swim & Competitive
L3 - Master Coach : Learn to Swim, Competitive & National Level

Hope these info helps and again if you need further elaboration do drop me a PM
regards

jeff

[Shaolin8]

Hi Wolfgirl,

Saw your daughter swam at the Meet. She is very good. Definitely a potential.
Think both our children are the same age, as both are going to Pri 1 in January.

Yes, my son is Alexandar. We attend ACJC
He just got graded last Saturday, and now is in Grade 7. He will go now under the PRC coach for endurance training. I think my son needs it as he is very playful, and only swim fast if he is requested to. Otherwise, he will look left and right and then try to see if there are any fish in the water. He also needs the endurance and stamina training, as this part has not been developed yet. His backstrokes are very bad. Cant get the rotating coordination well. His previous coach Mr LingZ worked very hard on my son to get him to swim properly. I must thank Mr LingZ for doing a good job.

I have seen all the national swimmers. One thing I do not want my son to have are their big bulging muscles on the biceps and legs. They look very ugly. Also, if he develops a big chest, it is also no good, as it will slow down his speed in wushu when doing punchings, and provides a big target, besides having a droopping chest when he reaches about 50 years old.

I prefer those Olympic swimmers who are slim and agile. At least, when they go out to work, they will look normal. (just to share with you, some of the things I take into consideration when exposing my son to some sports).