TRAINING GAMES TRAINING GAMES AND GIMMICKSAND GIMMICKS

MAKING PRACTICE FUNMAKING PRACTICE FUN

WHY?WHY?• MotivatingMotivating• CreativeCreative• SimpleSimple

• ChallengingChallenging• DistractingDistracting• EngagingEngaging• AttendanceAttendance• FUNFUN

““An engaged swimmer is more likely to continue An engaged swimmer is more likely to continue swimming and improve.”swimming and improve.”

David Marsh – SWIM MAC – Carolina Auburn teams won 12 NCAA Championships.

““Swimmers will leave practice with a smile on Swimmers will leave practice with a smile on their face, anxious to come back for more…”their face, anxious to come back for more…”

Bob Groseth – Northwestern University – Director of the College Coaches Assn

““If it’s fun to watch, it’s fun to do! Entertain If it’s fun to watch, it’s fun to do! Entertain yourself while coaching.”yourself while coaching.”

Bob Steele Bob Steele

ORGANIZINGORGANIZING• Create it• Name it

• Winners and Losers• Creating Teams

(time, height, eyes, boys/girls)

• Rewards• Quiet • Outcome• Re-dos

Games and Gimmicks Workout ListGames and Gimmicks Workout List• 1) LA Freeway Rock Band / Race Horse• 2) 2 vs. 1 P 6x150 (2@75) - 2:15 HORSES• 3) K Phelps 50’s S M F Steppenwolfer Aintworthanickle• 4) Dice K __ x 25 – 10 sr XYZ Magic Berti• __00(__BC) Brass Hat Mill St Blues• __ x 25 – 40 Bandini Stormy Hostage• P __ x 50 – 10sr Buzzard’s Bay Olympic

Experience• 5) King of the Pool – hear GO! Barbaro Lil’ Firefly• 6) Rock Band/Race Horse 6 x 50 - ? Discreet Cat Wild Axe• 7) Trivia __ x 50 – 1:10 Hambiltonian Surf Cat• 8) Old Time Events f/b–plunge–b/uw Sharp Humor Really Slick• 9) Wicked Wenden 100? TT Man O War Flower Alley• 10) GOS 100 x 2 5 of 8 Bushfire Dicepherence• 11) IDEALS 12 x 50 – 40 Sacred Light Black Cat Sally• 12) Yard Stick Swims Sunriver Link to the Moon• 13) 400 IM World Series Splended Blended Imamyto• 14) Ups n’ Down 50’s Seattle Slew Harmony River15)

Crazy Strokes (Hold n’ Go) BANDS• 16) Catch UP Coal Kitchen Bird Name• 17) Details Beatle Stix Lynard Skynaard• 18) Demo Derby Velvet Underground Raised on Zenith

• 21) Shortening Frisbe Gomez• 22) Over and Under Warm-downs/sits Longshot Faun Fables• 23) Up n’Down I.M.’s Electric Eel Shock Moxie Motive• 24) Faster Than You Can Swim set Drowning Pool Buzzcocks• 25) Pom Pom Black Mambazo Talkdemonic• 26) Animal Ball Kid Beyond Aceylone • 27) Rocky Road 6x50@2 - 5 x 100 @ 3 Spazmatic Two Gallants• 28) Chase Pugslee Atomz Rose Hill Drive• 29) King of the Pool Fuzzy Cousin Jadan and Jalock • 30) Waverunner 50’s Gym Class Hero Suffocation• 31) Gators (4 X 25 no breath rest) Leftlane Crusin Nouvelle Vague• 32) NB/BO Sprint 100 Starflyer Grazyna Auyisuk • 33) Relay Run-downs Big Whiskey Shadows Fall• 34) Push-up Sprints Plastic Crimewave Darlyne Cain• 35) Animal Kill Hannah Beatle Stix • 36) Backwards Workout Naked Sunday Two Timin’ Three• 37) Rock, Paper, Scissor Relay Green Machine S.T.Monroe • 38) Leftovers Steel Train Nyco• 39) Kickboards• 40) T-shirts• 41) Bucket O’ Blood• 42) Kickin’ Steelers

BACKWARDS WORKOUT• nwodmraW RF 002• teskciK 2 @ MI 001 X 4• tes niaM miws 03:@ MI 001 X 01• tes-erP hctiws 1 @ 05 X 8• pumraW eciohC 004 eerF llA• llirD 004• kcik 004• noegip• pu-naelc

BEAT THE CLOCKBEAT THE CLOCK

CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONSCREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS• Rock-Paper-Scissors Relay - Set

• Lotto Set • Text Set

• Tour de Championships• Fastfeet Streamlining• Peer Stroke Set

STREAMLININGSTREAMLINING

Teach 3 standing and 4 relay starts 4 underwater streamlines

Time swimmers to 15 meters (sub-7 seconds)Six second whistleFirst to 15 meters – similar speed wavesWinners of 15 meters – champion of the dayWinning lane? – first to 15 scores point for lane

DEALER’S CHOICEDEALER’S CHOICE

• ___00 (3-5-7-9)• ___ x 100 @ 1:30• P ___ x 50 (___)@ :45• K 5 x __0 @ 10 sr• ___ x 25 (1) @ 40 (2 dice)• ___ x 25 @ 25 (___ rate/25)• K ___ x 50f @ ___0 sr (U/W)• Start up the ladder if others

have not finished going down the ladder.

FUN’S FUNFUN’S FUN

““YOUR YOUR LEVEL OF LEVEL OF EXPECTATION EXPECTATION AND AND

ATTENTIONATTENTION DETERMINES A DETERMINES A

SWIMMER’S SUCCESS SWIMMER’S SUCCESS AND YOUR’S”AND YOUR’S”

• Bob SteeleBob Steele

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