Monday, February 3, 2014

Wanna improve as a polo player??? It's simple...Meet these new standards...SWIM!!!

I write this post or some variation of it every year.  It should go without saying that if you desire to improve as a water polo player and help your team vie for another league championship then you must do all that you can...It's simple...SWIM!!!!  I believe Carmel High swimming starts this week.  Get those speedos and goggles out and get to work.

There is absolutely NO substitute for swimming on a competitive swim team if you want to be faster and a better polo player.  Let me ask you boys a question...Have you ever seen a really good high school water polo player that is making a significant dent in a game that is not a good swimmer???  Answer = NO

I hear it every year though, "Instead of swimming coach I'm going to surf every day".  I've heard them all.  It's simple like I said, if you want to improve as a water polo player then do everything you can to become faster.  How does one become faster???  Lifting weights??  Playing Lacrosse??  You get it I know...Swim.  We're not telling you to quit lacrosse or baseball, no way.  If you love those sports, go for it.  But, if you want to be a good polo player and are not playing another sport that you are absolutely in love with, do yourself and your team a favor and swim for Carmel High.

Here are standards to give you an idea of how swimming may help you.  Ask yourself if you can meet these requirements.  If not, put in the work to make it happen.

Varsity
50 free---25.0 secs or below; two varsity boys at 23 secs or faster
100 free--55.0 secs or below; two varsity boys at 52 secs or faster 

10 x 100 on the 1:20

JV
50 free---27 secs or below; two jv boys at 25 secs or faster
100 free--58.00 secs or below; two jv boys at 54 secs or faster

10 x 100 on the 1:25

Frosh
50 free---30 secs or below; two frosh boys at 26 secs or faster 
100 free--1:00 or below; two frosh boys at 57:00 or faster

10 x 100 on the 1:30

On the 10 x 100s, all should be coming in fast enough to have 5-10 seconds rest before leaving on the interval.

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