Quote Originally Posted by Over50Newbie View Post
Eclectic,

That is really cool!!!

I wish I had a swimming coach like that.

Enjoy it while you can.

Lynette
Whoa can you tell I am PUMPED ! ! ! !

I DO enjoy it I swam with this coach for 4 years a few years back. She is a regular everyday phys ed teacher at the school where I teach. She was running a morning fitness swimming program in our high school pool just to pick up some extra cash. But once a coach always a coach - she would assign us drills to correct our stroke, continually monitor, and push us quietly so we don't even realize we are being pushed.

I think that makes it even more amazing. Dagny isn't being coached by the high profile university coaches of Olympic athletes but by a high school phy ed teacher and a local 5th grade teacher.

I HAVE been writing down all the workouts I am given for when Dagny graduates in a year and a half, the teacher/coach retires and I am on my own again

Here is a video clip of Dagny breaking the 400 IM record.
It is interesting how the commentator talked about her turns. Our High school swimming program is known for their turns - it is how they win races over other schools.

But, alas, most tris don't have turns (which is good for me because I don't do them well

http://www.swimnetwork.com/videos/v/...nal-15963.html