Lemonade is goooodddd.........

This has been an interesting time. Our pool's heater has gone on the fritz and we have been forced into a dryland only program for the past 3-5 weeks. We had our first big meet this weekend and did incredibly well. In fact, this was our best team performance ever. It has led me to understand how important dryland training is in addition to water training. We definitely noticed that the disqualification rate had gone up and all DQ's were due to technical errors that arise from not being in the pool and practicing those skills. The endurance and strength of our swimmers remained the same or increased for all swimmers as a result of our dryland work. What this tells me is that a balance between the two is necessary for optimum swimming.

In the upcoming weeks I am going to conduct research on dryland training for swimmers and post what I find here. Please email me with suggestions if you can help me with this or if you would like me to look for specific topics of interest to you.