Description
Introduction
Welcome to The Parent’s Guide to Competitive Swimming. This publication provides parents of competitive swimmers, with the key information they need to best support their child. This enables the swimmer to get the most out of their sport and to help them better understand the requirements of competitive swimming.
During my twenty-five years of involvement in competitive swimming as a head coach, I have consulted and advised many swimming parents on the development of their child’s swimming potential. As a result, I have collated a large portfolio of useful information, the best of which are published here.
Contents
Each chapter is packed full of tips and insights. Focusing on the key areas where swimming parents can play a key role in their child’s competitive swimming development and enjoyment, including:
The Benefits of Competitive Swimming | The Role of a Swimming Parent | Your Child’s Swimming Development | Training | Competition | Goal Setting | Invisible Training | Nutrition & Hydration | Volunteering | Swimming Ailments & Injuries.
To be able to reach their full competitive swimming potential, swimmers will be required to be both dedicated and committed to training and competition. This will be very difficult to achieve without a parent’s support, encouragement and love.
Competitive Swimming Benefits
Competitive swimming provides your child with a fit and healthy lifestyle. It also promotes an increased level of self-discipline and self-confidence. Other benefits include learning and developing life skills, making new friends and having fun.
As your child develops and matures it can be difficult for the parent to keep a healthy balance between being seen not to be caring enough and getting over-involved in the sport.
The aim of this publication is to give swimming parents the information to help their child’s successful entry into and their continuing development in competitive swimming and keeping everything in its proper perspective.
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