Episode 3: Review -- Part 2 of Starting of a New Season

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Episode 3: Review -- Part 2 of Starting of New Season

This episode is the second of a four-part series discussing the four R’s of starting a new season: Recovery, Review, Reset and Restart. It seems natural to review a past season once it’s over, but a lot of coaches, athletes and parents do not take the time to look back before looking forward. However, all the various factors affecting performance needs to be examined in order to realistically look ahead. In this episode, we discuss this process and provide examples and advice for a post-season review.

Key points: 

Coaches: 

- Review how you coached and seek mentors or advice to be better at your craft. 

- Review what you could do differently with the team and individual swimmers for their success. This could mean changing up your microcycles, allowing breaks or other decisions for the good of your athletes.

Athletes: 

- Review the all aspects of your swimming beyond goal times. For older swimmers, this includes effort, momentum, sleep and nutrition. For younger swimmers, hitting the milestones of “first” might be more important than times.

- Journaling daily allows you to look back to review how you felt throughout the season.

Parents: 

- Talk with your coach (maybe with your athlete) to find out how you can be more supportive for your athlete(s).

- Come to this conversation seeking a solution, not having an agenda, to be success for your athlete, your family and yourself.

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