3 Tweet Tuesday Thursday
People tweet 37.5 million times per hour. Here are our 3 swimming gems of the week...💎💎💎
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@Alan_Couzens “Every athlete an experiment of one”. One of my favourite things impressed upon me by Bill Sweetenham.
— Kevin Renshaw (@KevinRenshaw5)
Dec 28, 2022
Over the last 20 years, training has become insanely individualized. Instead of writing and coaching 1 practice, you are writing and coaching multiple for every session.
3x British Olympic coach Kevin Renshaw - another coach influenced by the legend, Bill Sweetenham.
Speaking of Bill Sweetenham, did you see this?
💎#2
If you only act when you feel motivated, you’ll never get anything done.
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
Dec 29, 2022
When I coached club swimming, my boss was a Vietnam Vet - Marine Force Recon - and the recipient of 2x Purple Hearts.
He spoke about discipline every day to his age group swimmers (and his coaching staff). It's the #1 thing he instilled in them (and us).
Nothing trumps self-discipline.
💎#1
LEADERSHIP IS LONELY
"If you are going to be a leader, you’re not going to please everybody. You have to hold people accountable. Even if you have that moment of being uncomfortable." (Kobe Bryant)
~via @chambershoops
— Jamy Bechler (@CoachBechler)
Dec 29, 2022
Something to show your Team Captains...
💎BONUS TWEET
Hard to believe this book was published 28 years ago. Anything you would add or remove to Sam Freas’s 10 essentials to sprinters? @SirHerb_the3rd
— Mike White (@CoachMikeWhite1)
Jan 25, 2023
Coach Mike White of Madison Aquatics Club - and UW - tweeted Dr. Sam Freas' 10 Essentials of Sprinting. This is so good we turned it into a video.
I like how #2 is so important that he also made it #3. 🤣
Kyle Chalmers and David Popovici might have something to say about #6.
Coach Herbie Behm of Arizona State believes Dr. Freas is suggesting a kick amplitude that is too large.
@SwimNerds@CoachMikeWhite1 Never higher than the highest point of the hips. Bringing the heels too high will cause the hips to sink requiring an even larger kick to stay in line.
— Herbie Behm (@SirHerb_the3rd)
Jan 26, 2023
One little tweet turned into an awesome discussion and shared learnings.
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