Bishopsworthswimmingclub Co / Training
Recovering from shoulder pain can feel like being benched from the thing you love most. I’ve coached swimmers through tendonitis, impingement, and post-surgical rehab, and one lesson keeps coming back: you don’t have to stop training — you just need to be smarter about how you train. This...
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When I’m planning a season budget for Bishopsworth Swimming Club, one of the most practical — and surprisingly emotional — tasks is the equipment audit. Kickboards get chewed, pull buoys disappear into changing rooms, and Tempo Trainers seem to stop beeping on the morning of a gala. Over the...
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Balancing a full-time job, family life, and evening swim training is a reality for so many of us at Bishopsworth Swimming Club. I’ve been there: squeezing laps into the gaps between work emails and bedtime stories, trying to get enough sleep while logging yards and family time. Over the years...
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I’m often asked how to taper for a local meet without arriving rusty or flat. Two weeks is a common length for club swimmers and masters who can’t afford long tapers — and when done right, it’s perfectly possible to be both rested and sharp. Below I share my practical, experience-based...
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Hitting a backstroke plateau is one of those small-but-persistent frustrations that I see again and again with swimmers I coach — and with my own training. You feel fitter, you tweak technique, you trust the process... and then the times stall. Over the years I’ve put together a pragmatic...
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I’ve always believed that races are won and lost in tiny margins — the split-second decisions, the angle of a push, the timing of a breakout. Over the years coaching youth squads and masters swimmers at Bishopsworth, I’ve seen the 100m freestyle start transformed by targeted land work and...
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