YMCA Swim Team-Info for Parents
Info For Parents - What's This All About?
The purpose of this section of our website is to provide educational information for swim team parents. As a coaching staff, our goal is not only to teach and train our athletes, but to help our parents be as educated as possible on how to best help their child reach their maximum potential as a person and an athlete. Throughout the season, we will post articles and links to materials to help our parents do just that.
For more helpful information, checkout the Parents section of the USA Swimming website.
Top 10 Ways For A Parent to Sabatoge Their Child's Swimming Career
This is a great article written by John Leonard of the American Swim Coaches Association on things every swim parent should avoid in order to help their child develop and progress throughout their swimming career.
Documents: Top 10 Ways To Sabatoge Your Child's Swimming Career (34.07 K)
Top 10 Ways For Swimmers to Sabatoge Their Own Careers
Here's another article by John Leonard on the top 10 way swimmers can sabatoge their own development. Parents should read through this and keep these things in mind as they talk to their child about their expectations and attitude.
Documents: Top 10 Ways Swimmers Can Sabatoge Their Own Careers (15.14 K)
Playing Favorites - What It Means and What It Doesn't
This is a great article on one of the top concerns of many swim parents - why it seems that coaches play favorites. This is an eye-opening article on this topic and an important one for every parent and swimmer to read.
Documents: Playing Favorites (14.59 K)
The Importance of Goal Setting
Here's a great article by Linda Hass, Splash Magazine Special Correspondent, about goal setting and the importance it plays in each athlete's development.
Documents: Pick Your Target (688.10 K)
Swimming and the Art of Recovery
The staff at USA Swimming put this article together to help explain the importance of recovery and rest and the role they play in each athlete's development. This is a great article for parents AND swimmers to read, especially older athletes.
Documents: Swimming and the Art of Recovery (37.19 K)
The Power of Nutritional Recovery
This is a great article written by Charlene Boudreau of USA Swimming and taken from Coaches Quarterly about the role nutrition plays in an athlete's recovery from training and competition. This is also a great article for older athletes as well as parents.
Documents: The Power of Nutritional Recovery (669.61 K)