I just heard that a University in Australia tested 80 elite swimmers in regard to shoulder tendon problems.
Effectively the research made two recommendations.
No more than 15 hours in the pool a week
No more than 35km a week
They spoke about how the coaching of swimming may change to introduce these recommendations. I will try and find the research if it is online.
Perhaps they should talk to some swim coaches who use speed approach in coaching.
That’s going to cause swim’s revolt. The swimmers I know (all of them) are pool junkies. They feel that if they miss a day (or hour) they will all of a sudden sink. Please keep posting info on this, as I feel that it probably is a good thing.
What if swim coaches had the eyes of throw coaches? We still see white boards with workouts here in the NE area and the coaches on deck filling out the event cards so they can save time.
Mechanics, equipment, training programs, and other variables will be part of the tendonitis formula. I think too little GPP on land is the issue since I have had less shoulder problems with my athletes after a great dryland/weight base.
I’m struggling with this. What about all of the over variables: training intensity, rest between sessions, recovery, etc.
Surely we can’t consider 3 x 5 hour training sessions the same as 5 x 3 hour sessions?
I haven’t been able to find the research and as I am in the middle of exam prep unlikely to get the chance to do an indepth search either.
I think that if coaches take it seriously they will review what they do. They my not change what they do though.
I can remember a coach said to me they expect there athletes to have injuries during the season.
To me that is wrong, injuries happen some coaches fault some not, but to expect injuries to occur!
Coaches seem not willing to learn from coaches from other sports.