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VOL. XVIII No. 1 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2002 Mailing Address PO Box 824, Lavington NSW 2641 Email [email protected] Web Site www.ascta.com Membership Enquiries Phone: 02 6041 6077 or Fax: 02 6041 4282 ASCTA Insurance Brokers 1300 300 511 CONTENTS As Good as it Gets (Thoughts by Bill Sweetenham)......... 1 Don’t think about going fast… (Al Dodson).................. 80 Rules Changes (Don Blew ASI)....................................... 3 From Ursula ................................................................... 82 Aerobic & Sprint Workouts for Trained Swimmers (David One Hell of a Life Book Review (Jon Henricks)........... 88 Pyne) ................................................................................ 4 Book Review – The Swim Coaching Bible (Peter International Swimmers in Australia................................ 5 Ruddock) ........................................................................ 89 Get bigger! Get stronger! Get organised! (Dr Louise 2002 Telstra Australian Open Championships Multi- Burke)............................................................................... 6 Disability Qualifying Times........................................... 89 Health Waves (Rick Curl & Edmund Burke).................... 8 2002 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships...... 90 National Test Protocols for Australian Paralympic What is the individual swimming success of each member Swimmers (Brendan Burkett)......................................... 10 of the Australian Swim Team between 1990 & 2000? Swimming Psychology (Craig Townsend)..................... 12 (Lynn Fowlie)................................................................. 92 Body Temperature Homeostasis during a 40km Open Water Swim (Leclerc; Lacroix; Montgomery)............... 20 SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA is published six times annually. Coaching Accreditation Courses – Level 1 – 2002 ........ 25 Training Tom Dolan for Sydney 2000 (Rick Curl) ........ 26 Copy Deadline Biomechanical Factors Influencing Breaststroke Turns by January-February 15th January March-April 15th March Age-Group Swimmers (Brian A. Blanksby, Jennifer R. th Simpson, Bruce C. Elliott, Keith McElroy) .................... 29 May-June 15 May July-August 15th July Letters to the Editor........................................................ 35 th September-October 15 September What can be learnt from Start Performances at the Sydney November-December 15th November 2000 Olympic Games (Judi Cossor & Bruce Mason).... 37 FINA Open Water Clinic – Maldives (Graeme Carroll)40 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Australian Swim Camp 2001 (Jenny Pilgrim) ............... 43 All copy is subject to acceptance by the publisher. All Rest, Recovery, Restoration and Racing (Wayne advertisers must ensure that their advertisements comply Goldsmith)...................................................................... 44 strictly with the requirements of all Federal Legislation. The The Sport Educator......................................................... 46 publisher reserves the right to reject copy without giving Good governance = sustainable performance (Erni Rauter) .46 any reason or explanation. International Testing grows stronger in 2001........................48 The Coach-Management Relationship ..................................49 COPYRIGHT ISSUE FROM THE PUBLISHER Vocational Education Training (VET) – the experience of As more and more articles with invaluable technical and Australian Swimming Inc .....................................................52 research data have and will be published through our An effective résumé – where the facts replace a good story! Magazine for our Members to read and use, it is timely to (Robert McMurtrie) ..............................................................55 mention Copyright infringements. Learn to Swim................................................................ 56 The ASCTA Magazine (SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA) How I grew the Nolan Swim School (Barbara Nolan).........56 Publisher strongly advises all concerned that any attempts Australian Learn-to-Swim Benchmarks (Mary Shaw) ..........58 to reprint articles or excerpts from contents is prohibited The Foundation for a Healthy Life! (Diny Van Dyk) ............60 without the written permission of the publisher and author. Fear of the Water & how to overcome it (Ilkka Keskinen)....64 Any infringements of copyright will be dealt with Developing Alternative Programs (Lari McDonald).............66 accordingly. Views expressed in articles are those of the authors WSCA Newsletter.......................................................... 68 Hormonal Doping & Androgenization of Athletes: Part 2 and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor or the (W.W. Franke & B. Berendonk)............................................68 Board of ASCTA. First, Break all the Rules (George Block)....................... 77 Talkin’ about Boys (Phillip Whitten) ............................. 79 SWIMMING in AUSTRALIA – January-February 2002 anything is possible, must be sold by the coach to the swimmer and parents every day. Being able to witness this and be a part of it every day of your life makes coaching for me the best profession in the world. Taking the untrodden, unknown path – daring to take risks – daring to be Thoughts by Bill Sweetenham different – to know no limits – to think outside the circle – to go where others fear and to individualise At a recent International Coaching Forum … are the attributes of great swimmers and coaches. (American Swim Coaches & Teachers, New Orleans Regardless of talent, these can be shared and 2001), I was asked for my two most positive and two developed by anyone willing to make commitment in most negative coaching experiences. In a period of preference to involvement. coaching that has continued over 25 years, I have had Two experiences stand out for me in my own the pleasure to work with many outstanding people, coaching, and they are… as swimmers, parents, coaches, officials, etc. The • To be part of what I have just mentioned. number of positive experiences has been exceptional • Having an athlete do something very special when – from working with the very young mini-squad you know your influence was a deciding factor in swimmers – to the very gifted Elite Senior a performance when an athlete competes above International swimmers. themselves. Sharing experiences with hard working, With regard to negative coaching experiences – committed, young people of all talent levels, is two exceptional situations come to mind. However, something that words cannot describe. To name a few this type of negative situation occurs very rarely in positive experiences would only serve to rob some of coaching and nearly always comes about through the many wonderful and positive coaching inexperience and/or ignorance. It was fortunate that I experiences that I have had the great pleasure to could pass some positive experience on to these two enjoy over this extended coaching life. The unique coaches and hopefully they appreciated the input. experience to share on a daily basis the ups and However, I certainly felt better for offering the advice downs and challenges of very special young people that I could to these two coaches. facing the self-imposed task of giving totally has The first negative coaching statement came from a untold rewards and not one I would ever wish to well known, recognised and accomplished swim trade. coach and, I quote, “I am only interested in and have Most people in life and business, etc., trade a a desire to coach super talented swimmers”. balance of maximising outcomes or results for the Should the coach continue with this belief and least or a regulated amount of effort and work. Not so philosophy, then he will never know, enjoy or with competitive swimmers as they give totally for an appreciate the enormous satisfaction and personal unknown outcome. The outcome is always positive, reward of teaching and coaching committed, average as there is nothing more rewarding than to have given talented athletes to compete and perform both at and totally and withhold nothing, in an effort to identify above their potential. This is so much more your highest outcome. Anything that has been saved rewarding than having a super talent perform and in this equation is entirely wasted and no challenge is perhaps win, break records, but be below their ever considered too great. individual potential. Of course, we would all like to This is not easy and it is the coach’s responsibility coach the super talent who is committed above their to continually set higher standards of achievement for potential. However, these athletes are rare and each athlete they work with whilst appreciating that exceptionally hard to find. Most coaches might only they and the athlete must have an open mind to all see one or two in a lifetime of coaching – if they are possibilities. The coach must convince the willing, lucky. More would mean an extremely lucky and the unwilling, the talented, the less than talented, to talented coach. It is said that very few super talented achieve the impossible without consideration for athletes perform and prepare at or above and beyond limitations in the most difficult conditions in doing their talent level, but this is quite often achieved by whatever it takes to maximise individual potential … average talent, who possess high discipline, there is no room for compromise or sacrifice determination, consistent, energetic and ever present considerations where great athletes and coaches are enthusiasm