Training
These pages detail the training schedule, locations and club squads of Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club.
Top Training Tips
1) Attend as many training sessions as possible each week.
2) Always make sure you have all the necessary equipment in your training bag before you leave home.
3) Every training session is an opportunity to learn more about your swimming and improve your performance.
4) Always arrive in plenty of time for your session so you can complete at least five minutes of quality stretching.
5) Listen carefully to your coaches. They are trying very hard to help you become the best possible swimmer.
6) Pay attention to the pace clock. Try to time all your swims and make sure rest intervals are exactly as indicated by the coaches.
7) Make sure you swim at the speed the coach asks for.
8) Ensure all your turns are performed fast and correctly.
9) Finish every length correctly, accelerating into the wall then get out of the way of the swimmer behind you.
10) Your strokes are the most important thing of all in training. Always try for good technique , thinking hard about the points your coaches have mentioned. Good swimmers have the ability to concentrate on what their hands and legs are doing.
11) Drink plenty of fluids in training to ensure that you do not become dehydrated.
12) Do all your training swims to the very best of your ability. Cheating is not for winners!
13) Perfection of a skill can only be achieved if you are practising it correctly over and over again.
14) Enjoy every session. When you get out of the pool at the end you should feel pleased with yourself because you know you have done your best and you will therefore have improved.
15) Swimming training is like having a bank account. If you put in lots of effort you will have a great deal to draw out when you are in an important race.
16) If you want to achieve your full potential your training in the pool needs to be supplemented with land training work. This will make you stronger, will make your heart and lungs work more efficiently, and improve both your flexability and your endurance.
17) With your coach, decide on your short term and long term goals so you will always have an aim in your swimming.
18) You should understand why you are doing each activity in training. If you do not understand the reason for it and how it will help your performance, ask your coach to explain.
Practice and Attendance
The following guidelines are to inform parents and swimmers of the coaches expectations regarding training:
1) As a general rule, the least possible interruption in the training schedule will produce the greatest amount of success. Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club does encourage younger swimmers to participate in other activities in addition to swimming. The expectation level of the coach to attend practices increase as the swimmer moves into more senior squads.
2) Please make every effort to be on the pool side on time. Swimmers should be ready to swim 5 minutes prior to the start of their session to carry out the appropriate warm up.
3) Swimmers will be required to bring specific equipment to all sessions. It is the swimmers responsibility to make sure items are properly adjusted.
4) Usually there are announcements made at the start of each session, so please be on the poolside on time.
5) If the swimmer will be out of the water over a long period of time with an injury or illness, please notify your coach.
Remember to check the noticeboards for changes or additions to practice sessions.
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Club Squads
Club Timetable
Training Locations
These pages detail the training schedule, locations and club squads of Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club.
Top Training Tips
1) Attend as many training sessions as possible each week.
2) Always make sure you have all the necessary equipment in your training bag before you leave home.
3) Every training session is an opportunity to learn more about your swimming and improve your performance.
4) Always arrive in plenty of time for your session so you can complete at least five minutes of quality stretching.
5) Listen carefully to your coaches. They are trying very hard to help you become the best possible swimmer.
6) Pay attention to the pace clock. Try to time all your swims and make sure rest intervals are exactly as indicated by the coaches.
7) Make sure you swim at the speed the coach asks for.
8) Ensure all your turns are performed fast and correctly.
9) Finish every length correctly, accelerating into the wall then get out of the way of the swimmer behind you.
10) Your strokes are the most important thing of all in training. Always try for good technique , thinking hard about the points your coaches have mentioned. Good swimmers have the ability to concentrate on what their hands and legs are doing.
11) Drink plenty of fluids in training to ensure that you do not become dehydrated.
12) Do all your training swims to the very best of your ability. Cheating is not for winners!
13) Perfection of a skill can only be achieved if you are practising it correctly over and over again.
14) Enjoy every session. When you get out of the pool at the end you should feel pleased with yourself because you know you have done your best and you will therefore have improved.
15) Swimming training is like having a bank account. If you put in lots of effort you will have a great deal to draw out when you are in an important race.
16) If you want to achieve your full potential your training in the pool needs to be supplemented with land training work. This will make you stronger, will make your heart and lungs work more efficiently, and improve both your flexability and your endurance.
17) With your coach, decide on your short term and long term goals so you will always have an aim in your swimming.
18) You should understand why you are doing each activity in training. If you do not understand the reason for it and how it will help your performance, ask your coach to explain.
Practice and Attendance
The following guidelines are to inform parents and swimmers of the coaches expectations regarding training:
1) As a general rule, the least possible interruption in the training schedule will produce the greatest amount of success. Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club does encourage younger swimmers to participate in other activities in addition to swimming. The expectation level of the coach to attend practices increase as the swimmer moves into more senior squads.
2) Please make every effort to be on the pool side on time. Swimmers should be ready to swim 5 minutes prior to the start of their session to carry out the appropriate warm up.
3) Swimmers will be required to bring specific equipment to all sessions. It is the swimmers responsibility to make sure items are properly adjusted.
4) Usually there are announcements made at the start of each session, so please be on the poolside on time.
5) If the swimmer will be out of the water over a long period of time with an injury or illness, please notify your coach.
Remember to check the noticeboards for changes or additions to practice sessions.
Page Navigation
Club Squads
Club Timetable
Training Locations
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