This workshop was originally offered as the Level 2 Coaching Certification Course for swimming in Australia. It covers the curriculum of the course but its content is continually updated. There is an assumption that participants will have basic swimming and sport science knowledge so that new developments can be treated in-depth and with application. The 3-day format is designed for 3-day holiday weekends or spreading the course over two weekends.
Prospective Audience
Advanced coaches and students of human movement studies and exercise science.
DAY ONE
08:00 am Registration
08:30 am Welcome and course overview
09:00 am 1. The athlete - characteristics, growth, and development
10:30 am 2. Physical performance capacities, energy systems and training
responses
Physical capacities for performance
12:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
01:00 pm Energy systems
02:00 pm Training responses
03:00 pm 3. Sprint training responses and programming
05:00 pm DINNER BREAK
06:00 pm 4. Distance training responses and programming
08:00 pm 5. Auxiliary training responses
09:00 pm CLOSE
DAY TWO
08:30 am Review, questions and answers 09:30 am 6. Planning 10:30 am 7. Tests and measurements 12:00 pm LUNCH BREAK 01:00 pm 8. Ergogenic aids, drugs, and nutrition 02:30 pm 9. Coaching evaluation 03:30 pm 10. Psychological evaluation of swimmers 05:00 pm DINNER BREAK 06:00 pm 11. Acquisition of skills 07:00 pm 12. Mental skills training 09:00 pm CLOSE
DAY THREE
08:30 am Review, questions and answers
09:00 am 13. Biomechanical and hydrodynamic principles
Applied principles of fluid dynamics
10:00 am Crawl stroke mechanics of champions
12:00 pm LUNCH BREAK
01:00 pm Backstroke mechanics of champions
02:30 pm Butterfly mechanics of champions
04:00 pm Breaststroke mechanics of champions
05:30 pm Review, questions and answers
Materials
Copies of the 128-page workbook Scientific swimming for the 21st century need to be reproduced and bound.
The following text also needs to be reproduced for use on the last day.
Cappaert, J. M., & Rushall, B. S. (1994). Biomechanical analyses of champion swimmers. Sports Science Associates, 4225 Orchard Drive, Spring Valley, CA 91977.