All About Competitive Swimming

[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).

[swimironkids]

Swimmers are swimmers they are not body builder....no matter how they swims or train they will not hv bulging muscle like body builder

Only sprinters will hv bigger muscle than most swimmer becos they need all out bull strength for 50m sprint......beep...Chiong ahhhhhh
I going 54 and no, I don't hv dropping chest..Heng ahh...Infact my body is like a 30 yrs young man..hehe....
I'm also into martial art too..no I'm no hitting target for my sparring partner...I also ask the older boys p5,6 to throw blows to my body until their hand pain...
My 2cts on the benefit to keep fit and maintain yr body.
I wld say Build as much muscle as you can tru yr life time cos when you reach late 50-60 yr muscle will all shrink and you will look ....hv you seen yr dad sudden shrink over a few months? ......also looks unhealthy like a sick man tho one is of normal

[Swimtutor]

:congrats: to those winning in the FINA/ARENA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2012.

[Wolfgirl]

Few questions:

1. what drinks should I prepare for my girl to drink in between laps during training? Just plain water or isotonic drink or energy drink?

2. Squirt bottle better or suck-bottle?

3. What additional nutrition should I feed her? She is now on probiotics and children multi Vit… (just worried about her immune system) I have also upped her protein intake.

[swimironkids]

Wolfgirl:

Few questions:

1. what drinks should I prepare for my girl to drink in between laps during training? Just plain water or isotonic drink or energy drink?

2. Squirt bottle better or suck-bottle?

3. What additional nutrition should I feed her? She is now on probiotics and children multi Vit... (just worried about her immune system) I have also upped her protein intake.

Have you heard of Endurox Accelerade ($46) and Endurox R4 ( recovery $56) these are better sports drinks but expensive.
I have personally used them when I run a Marathon or long run 21km & above
Bottle are personal preference But I wld prefer the squeeze bottle cos one hand will do the job.
Swimming is a high energy sport therefore one would requires high energy & high carbo diet.
Cereal with skimmed milk, baked bean with toast, Banana, noodle/pasta/rice, tuna sandwich are highly recommended. Banana is a must as its a solid fruit for energy:) In marathon they only give free banana ard the 22km that's where most runners are out of energy :))
There are many other food rich in energy n carbo ya...