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what are you doing this pre season?
what are you doing this pre season?

It is the most optimal time in the swimming calendar to focus on gym and dryland. A phase where gym can become the priority.

If you encountered consistency issues in your training, battled injuries, or pinpointed weaknesses in your skills last season, now is the time to address them!

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Kirsten Norden18 June 2024pre season, drylandtraining, athleticism, athletic development, strength, swimmers
my biggest lesson working with swimming (so far)
my biggest lesson working with swimming (so far)

“you need to be in a club program to learn what works and doesn’t work.” I realised this was going to keep swimnastics practical, relevant and relatable. Keep me in the real world with my feet on pool deck would also keep me creative and swimnastics evolving. So it has been a year, what was my biggest lesson?

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Kirsten Norden9 June 2022strength, strengthcoach, clubprogram, coaching, culture, seasonplan, swimmingcoach, swimmingclub
have you done your end of season review? avoid learning the same lessons again!
have you done your end of season review? avoid learning the same lessons again!

we plan and plan and plan some more but how often do we review. that is where the lessons are. here are some questions to help you find your lessons from the season that has been and set you up to be touching the wall in a very different position next season!

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Kirsten Norden31 May 2022swimming, mindset, mentalskills, endofseason, review, reflect, coaching
how to get swimmers activating without nagging!
how to get swimmers activating without nagging!

The swimming coach is writing the set on the whiteboard and looks over their shoulder to see the swimmers activating, with focus, great technique and complete independence. This doesn't just happen! There are 4 key steps to move from nagging to admiring your swimmers dryland.

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Kirsten Norden4 April 2022drylandtraining, activation, coaches
develop dive starts with dryland training
develop dive starts with dryland training

Do you use the time in dryland to prepare swimmers for a good dive start or stand poolside shaking your head and delivering the same feedback time and time again? The swimmers that struggle to dive start often struggle to hop. There is a method of exercise progression that creates a dive start that explodes.

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Kirsten Norden12 July 2021divestarts, dive, starts, drylandtraining
want more athletic swimmers?
want more athletic swimmers?

Athletic swimmers are strong, flexible, coordinated and have an ability to tolerate load. Why are swimmers coming through with less athleticism and how is there a gap between athletic potential and athletic development?

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Kirsten Norden22 April 2021athleticism, drylandphilosophy, juniordevelopment
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when on holidays in Bali…you get to ride a scooter to training and reconnect to the joy of swimming.

Thank you @michaelklim1 for welcoming swimnastics to Bali. It was great to meet such a passionate and humble coach. I have had a few say it i
@sctaswim SWIMCON22 we spoke all things athletic development.

the journey from 8-10years old to high performance 18years old + and what needs to be included along the way.

We also looked at the difference in starting later, what are the implication
swimnastics x @swimming_queensland school sport program!

Round 1 is booked out but get ready there will be another round early 2023.

It’s all about getting 10-12year olds ready! Athletic development starts young. Im excited for the program a
First we create length and connection. It is our foundation.

As seen at Noosa swimnastics!

From there we can… 
- be creative with movement, you have way more options.
- build strength to a greater capacity (your ceiling becomes higher).
- ma
It’s term 4 = loads of exercises progressing @standrewsswimming 

1. Handstand balancing in the centre after many terms of getting range and shaping against the wall. How good would this handstand make as a streamline? Not much drag there!

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