Table 2 Swimmers’ performance goals
Goal | Goal Objective | What is Determined as Success? | Method | Measure and Monitoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Increased skills around the wall | Push offs, underwater dolphin kick and breakouts improved. Speed in, around and through the breakout developed. Able to stay in the hunt in races and use clean swimming super strength | Technical analysis and regular feedback to the swimmer. Speed skill progressions bolted on to the end of sessions | Times fed back after major meets of each cycle. Physical and technical measures set by multidisciplinary team (e.g. power output by strength and conditioning coach) |
2 | Improve (50/100) speed and speed endurance (200) on fly and breast strokes | Technical improvements and deliver increased propulsion and reduced drag on fly and breast technique | Pool sets, kick sessions, utilisation of swim bench, land work adapted to support this goal | Technical and physical measures set by leads |
3 | Aquatic profile – Achieve best physical condition for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games | Optimal strength profile (lifting and body control), flexibility profile, body composition, drag profile, technical stroke profile. Establish and then maintain throughout the season | Aligned multidisciplinary team approach – Practitioners define optimum in their areas and track throughout the season | Cross-team monitoring – Quantify drag profile through tow rig, power output using force decks, body composition via sum of 8 skinfolds, energy intake and nutritional habits via communication with the athlete and food diaries |