Relay races are the loudest, most emotional moments of any youth swim meet — and the ones where a coach’s prep work shows up fastest. Get the rotation wrong and you lose seconds or, worse, get disqualified on an early exchange. Get the pre-race talk wrong and nervous kids swim tight and slow. This guide … [Read More…]
The hardest part of coaching a beginner group isn’t the swimming — it’s the planning. Kids who just learned to swim don’t have the stamina, attention span, or stroke technique of a seasoned age-grouper, so a practice copied from the senior group’s whiteboard will fall apart in ten minutes. This guide covers both layers new … [Read More…]
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