Systematic Skill Development For Teams
Want to take your swimmers’ performances to the next level?
Tired of the administrative headaches, not to mention the performance problems, that come with coaches not being on the same page or having a PLAN for developing skills?
Skills drive progress in the pool.
If swimmers aren’t improving their skills, it’s a going to be a lot harder to help them go fast.
Just about every coach has a training plan that they follow to ensure that swimmers are improving their fitness.
And many teams have some sort of teamwide training plan as well.
It’d be crazy not to.
Yet few coaches have any sort of skill development plan in place.
Very few TEAMS have any sort of skill development plan in place.
And when it comes to speed, improving skills is at least as important as improving fitness for helping swimmers go fast!
What are the consequences?
A LOT of performance is left on the table, and swimmers simply don’t swim as fast as they otherwise could.
Even worse, many just stop swimming.
And when your team is a business, it costs you money when kids stop participating.
So, what do you do?
You develop and implement a system for skill development.
Let me help you make it happen.
Here's what we achieve:
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Swimmers swim faster and enjoy the process more because there is a clear plan for their improvement, and they can SEE and FEEL the progress
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EVERY coach knows exactly what to do and the strategies to make it happen, while still retaining the freedom to coach their own way
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Swimmers can seamlessly transition from group to group because they are prepared for what’s to come, technically and physically
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New coaches can quickly understand exactly what’s needed from them, and how to make it happen
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Entry level coaches have access to simple, world class skill development information that they can learn to apply immediately
Here’s how it works:
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We identify the speed-building skills that you want your team to be known for, as we clarify exactly what type of swimmers you want to build.
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We identify the most effective strategies for developing each of these skills
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We identify the most effective ways to implement these strategies in workouts
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We break it down and identify benchmark goals for swimmers at each step of their performance progression
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We identify how to use each development strategy at each step of a swimmers’ performance progression
Here’s what you get:
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Documentation of EVERYTHING
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Clear technical and performance benchmarks for each group of athletes within the team
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The most effective strategies for improving skills at each step of the process, ALL the ways to implement these strategies, and practical examples of how to make it happen
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For each skill and each strategy to improve each skill, videos, checklist, and written documents to guide coaches through implementation
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Simple, practical, and easy to consume education materials that coaches can use to level up their skills
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Onboarding materials to help new coaches seamlessly integrate into your team
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Everything delivered in an online database than can be quickly and easily accessed by all your coaches
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Living documents that can be updated as you and your coaches learn what works best for you and your swimmers
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Ongoing support in troubleshooting skill development and performance challenges
It all comes down to clarity.
When there are clear goals and a clear process to achieve those goals, goals get achieved.
Because there are so many moving pieces as part of a large team, clarity becomes even more important to ensure everyone is moving in the right direction in the right way at the right time.
This process of creating systematic skill development is adapted to the individual needs of your team.
To get started discussing your specific situation, or for more information about what it might look like for you and your organization, just fill out the information below.
I’ll back to you shortly.
Keep it simple…
Andrew