Swimmers Log Book 2013-14

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Swimmers

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Contents

Page 3 What is the Log book for?

Page 5-8 Personal Best Times

Page 9 Long Term Goals

Page 10 Medium Term Goals

Page 11 Short term Goals

Page 14 Coaches Feedback

Page 17 Age & height record

Page 19 Competition Plan

0 My open Meets schedule

Page 21 Training Log

(Duplicates available on HSC Website)

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What is the Log Book for?

The main idea of a log book is to help support

improvement. i.e Learning or progressing a skill or a

practice in one session and taking that forward to

every session after that.

It will help you take responsibility for YOUR

swimming. Your coaches and parents can help, but

only YOU can do it! You may not always have the

same coach and therefore they won't always be

there to remind you to do something.

You can treat your logbook like a diary and write

down all your thoughts and feelings or simply a

record of training sessions and personal best times. It

is up to you!

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In your log book you can:

� Record your goals

� Record your PB's

� Find advice on what you eat and drink

� Help evaluate your performances and

achievements

� Help set new goals

� Record your Training sessions

Please keep your logbook in a folder of your choice;

it is useful to be able to look back to see how much

you have achieved or why something might not

have gone to plan.

Your log book is not homework; it is something that

will help you progress in swimming, however they will

be collected in from time to time, to be reviewed

and to add in new training log pages.

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Personal Best Times

50m Times (Include date underneath the time)

50m Fly 50m Back 50m Breast 50m Free

Start of

Season

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50m Times continued….

50m Fly 50m Back 50m Breast 50m Free

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100m Times….

100m Fly 100m Back

100m

Breast 100m Free 100m IM

Start of

Season

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200m Times….

200m Fly 200m Back

200m

Breast 200m Free 200m IM

Start of

Season

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400m and Distance Times

400m Free 400m IM 800m Free 1500m Free

1500 Open

Water

Start of

Season

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Long Term Goals:

Just scribble down any long term ambitions you may

have.

These could be really diverse, for example; get into

the Hinckley A-team, or be world champion, or

maybe get on the podium at the county champs or

maybe achieve a sub 25 second 50m freestyle or

simply to continue to enjoy the sport! This is for you to

think about!

Ultimate Life time achievement Target:

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Medium Term Goals:

Goals for this season (September this year to August

next year:

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Short Term Goals:

Goals for the next month. Master or improve a skill,

be specific but be realistic, i.e. a 2 second

improvement on a 50m time may not be possible!

Short Term Goals October-December

October

November

December

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Short term goals January - April

January

February

March

April

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Short term goals May-August

May

June

July

August

September

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Coaches Feedback

Please hand your logbook in at the end of each “term”. This way the

coaches can help set you new targets and help set out a plan to

achieve those not yet reached.

Coaches feedback (Christmas)

Coach……………………………………

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Coaches feedback (Easter)

Coach……………………………………

Coaches feedback (End of Season - June)

Coach……………………………………

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Age & Height Record

The main idea of recording this is to give an indication of

any physical changes that could be compromising your

swimming. For example in the long run a growth spurt will

be a good thing but short term it can leave you feeling

tired and can even cause coordination problems.

Record your resting heart rate, do this at the same time in

the day so it is a fair test. There is a column for any notes

you may have; for instance illness, feeling a lack of co-

ordination or anything else that may affect/be affected

by either. The best way is to take by pressing two fingers

on carotid artery on the left hand side of your neck and

count the beats over 15 seconds, then multiply by 4, this

is best done early in the morning.

There are 12 rows, feel free to fill them out as and when,

but we recommend at least once per month at regular

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Age & Height Chart

Date Height Resting Heart

rate Notes

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Competition Plan

The Plan: Red - Diddy competitions, Blue - Full Team competitions

Competition Venue Date

Arena league/Leics Autumn league Rd 1 12th October 2013

Arena league/Leics Autumn league Rd 2 9th November 2013

Young Teams 30th November 2013

Arena league/Leics Autumn league Rd 3 14th December 2013

Leicester Winter League Rd 1 11th January 2014

Leicester Winter League Rd 2 8th February 2014

County Championships 800/1500 Day Loughborough Uni 9th February 2014

County Championships Day 1 Corby 1st March 2014

County Championships Day 2 Corby 2nd March 2014

County Championships Day 3 Braunstone 8th March 2014




Leicester Winter League Rd 3 29th March 2014

Diddy League Rd 1 5th April 2014

Diddy League Rd 2 10th May 2014

Coventry Warehousing Trophy Coventry May

Birley Trophy Coalville

Diddy League Rd 3 28th June 2014

Midlands Open Water Championships Mkt Bosworth July 2014

LASA Interclubs Sprints Braunstone September

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My Open Meets Schedule

Competition Venue Date

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Session Log

Keep a record of every session!

Use it to record:

• What you learned and what you will

remember for next time

• Good session/bad session? Rate yourself

between 1* and 5*

• Meters Covered

Other ideas for comments:

• Were you Tired?

• Did you drink enough? Were you dehydrated

before the session?

• Diet, had you ate the right stuff?

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Finally here is one last incentive to train better than

the next guy/girl!

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