Trial Training Changes

We have the opportunity to use the pool for an extra hour after our normal time on Monday evenings. It seems too good an opportunity to ignore, so we have booked it for the months of September and October as a trial to see if we can make good use of it. Monday 1st September will be first extended session.

We're planning a format that we hope will satisfy a few requests we've had, which include longer training sessions, more coaching / stroke correction and time to practice other specific things like dives & turns. We'll start with the plan below and review it after a few weeks based on feedback we get, so please speak up if you have suggestions or observations we may not have accounted for.

For the first hour, the session will be as normal, so you don't need to change your Monday swimming habit if it doesn't suit you.

After the first hour:

·        Lanes 1, 2 & 3 will train for an additional 30 minutes, i.e. Deryn's programme will last 90 minutes. Swimmers from other lanes who want to train longer please let Deryn or Tony know so we can work out how to do it.

·        Lane 4 will be for anyone wanting to swim their own plan.

·        Tony will offer stroke correction in lanes 5 & 6. Each session will have a theme (announced beforehand), and the aim is to identify specific improvements desired and explain the drills for that.

·        Lane 7 will be available for dives, turns or other specific practice (because the starting block lines up with the lane).

This is just a trial so please let Deryn, Tony or any of the committee know your thoughts on how to do it better.