Posts Tagged ‘competition’
FINA Worlds- A Masters Perspective
I am super excited to have a guest post from members of the Vancouver Masters Synchro Club. I loved seeing all their posts on Instagram from Worlds in the picturesque Budapest and thought I would love to hear about their journey. Enjoy! My name is Jordan and I’ve been the head coach at Vancouver Masters Synchro since…
Read More17 Tips for Coaches on Thriving on Long Competition Days
This season I have had a few really long days at the pool. I have some tools that I have used in the past that I love, but I also discovered some new useful ones too. Compression socks- I love these. After a long day on a hard surface my legs feel good after taking…
Read More10 Things to Consider Post-Competition
So many of you just had a competition. I bet there are so many ideas running through your head. Some are great ideas and others may just be reactions to what your saw your competitors doing. I want to help guide you to making the most out of this next week by giving a…
Read MoreThe Competition Warm-up
I struggled a bit with what to write about this week, but after being to some competitions over the last month I thought I should discuss the competition warm-up. Just to make sure we are all talking about the same thing, I am referring to the warm-up a team has just prior to competing. The…
Read MoreChoreography Post-Competition
Most of you have been to at least one routine competition this year or you are heading into one, so I thought it was perfect timing to talk about what do you with your routine choreography following a competition. The theme is letting go. It’s my opinion that most of us coaches become too…
Read More23 Things to Consider in Preparation for a Competition
For most of you, the competition phase has begun and with that is competition planning. The importance of training like you want to perform really hit me today as I was training for the marathon I am competing in this June. Today, I wore a tank top and changed my deodorant. Seems inconsequential, but in…
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