Swimming for Parents will reveal the answers to the questions below:
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How
many times each week should my child train?
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What
is the most important aspect of swimming at a young age?
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What
will my child learn in Advanced Lessons and early Junior Squads?
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How
many competitions should my child take part in?
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What
competitions should my child compete in?
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Is
technique more important than laps swum?
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Should
my child play other sports or focus on swimming?
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Why is
that other child beating my child?
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What
strokes or events should my child focus on?
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What
will my child learn in a Junior Squad program?
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When
should we take our holidays?
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It
won’t affect performance if we take 2 weeks off, 10 weeks before
Nationals will it?
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Should
my child give up other sports?
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Why
has my child stopped improving?
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Why
has my daughter put on weight when she is training so much?
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What
is the most important thing I can do to support my daughter during a time
of Plataueing?
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When
will my child swim well again?
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Should
my child be doing dryland or gym workouts?
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What
is the benefit of continuing swimming if they are not improving?
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...
and Much More!
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Buy your copy now and create the best environment for your child to achieve
swimming success!
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Swimming
For Parents
The Ultimate Education Guide for Swimming Parents
By Gary Barclay
Australian
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International
Content
One of
the wonderful things about this book is that it has been written for
parents all over the world. While the author is Australian, the content
relates to issues faced by swimmers in every country. In the first 10 days
of the books launch copies were purchased by parents and coaches in USA,
United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, South Africa and many more
countries.
The
parent education provided in ‘Swimming for Parents’ is universal. The
information is useful for parents of swimmers in all countries.
There
are also specific references to the USA in many chapters of the book.
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Dear
Gary,
As a parent who has recently had a child start swimming training in a
junior squad I would like to thank you for answering many questions I have
in this great book.
It is quite daunting to begin a new sport (we love our basketball and my
daughter also loves to swim) and I now have a strong understanding of all
the road-humps that may lie ahead and how I can fully support my daughter’s
participation in the sport.
Thanks so much,
Jo Metcalfe
Parent with a daughter who is swimming 3 times a week in a junior squad.
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By reading Swimming for Parents you will also learn:
- How
swimming benefits the development of all participants in a variety of
ways both
in the pool and throughout life. You will be amazed at the large variety
of life skills learnt by an active participation in the sport of
swimming.
- Why
attending training on a regular basis is so important for children aged
10 to 13 years and
how many sessions should they be doing.
- How
to manage your child through the age competitive level of 13 to 18 years and
what they will focus on at this stage of their development.
- Why
teaching independence to your children is critical to their development and can
also help them perform in the pool over the long-term.
- That
within a defeat in a competition, there is often a victory and
how you can support your child to embrace and learn from these
situations.
- Why
swimming successfully is as much about time management as it is about
training hard. The
skills your child learns in time management when juggling all their
training, school and social activities will assist them for the rest of
their lives.
- What
the key responsibilities of a parent who has a child who is
participating in swimming and there are many. Parenting is one of the
most difficult and challenging jobs in the world and being a parent of a
swimmer can provide additional challenges.
Go from swimming novice to swimming expert in just
a few days
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You’ll also discover:
- How
you can support your child at all stages of their development while
maintaining a degree of control over how involved you become in their
competitive swimming.
- The
best way to measure performance and manage the accompanying success or
disappointment. Find out if personal best times always a
measure of success and how you can deal with disappointments.
- Why a
focus on enjoyment of the sport is more important than a focus on
performance and
how parents can assist in this regard.
- What
are the financial implications for my child’s involvement in the sport
of swimming? Is
swimming an expensive sport?
- If
you are a ‘pressure parent’, applying undue pressure onto your child to
perform and
how you can turn that into becoming the ‘Ideal Swimming Parent’.
- How
to develop the parent / coach relationship and
why trust and respect between both parties is crucial to your child’s
progress.
- Who
to talk to if you have concerns over your child’s progress.
There is a right way and a wrong way. Make sure you approach this in the
right way.
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What
Else Can I Learn by Reading Swimming for Parents?
Many Simple Tips, Strategies and Information on how you can support
your child to reach their full potential in the pool and how you can be
the best swimming parent in the world!
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Once you get
this book in your hands, you'll discover everything you need to know
about being a successful swimming parent.
"Swimming for Parents" covers many different facets of
swimmer development and how you can provide support in a variety of
situations.
This book is unlike anything you've ever read..
This book will change the way you support your child. It will provide you
with strategies and make you aware of different situations you may find
yourself in.
ORDER ‘SWIMMING FOR PARENTS’ TODAY
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United States, United Kingdom,
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You'll also discover...
- What
the coach’s expectations are for swimmers in their squad and how you can
support your child to achieve these.
- How
the young swimmer aged 7 to 10 years can get started in the sport. For
many this will happen as a progression from learn-to-swim. What do you
need to know at this point?
- The
difference between focussing on the process and focussing on results and
which one is right.
- How
to manage periods of fluctuation in performance of a teenager.
- How
to manage the situation where your child is making a decision on whether
to continue swimming.
- Provide
your daughter with information on what is happening to her body throughout
puberty and how these changes may affect her swimming and own
self-esteem. Includes sections on body changes, managing periods,
performance and body image.
- Why
Swimming Clubs are the cornerstone to your child’s swimming education
and how they assist in the development and nurturing of your child.
- What
to look for if you have to choose a club or coach for your son or
daughter.
- Why
parents should support their children by joining their swimming club.
- The
right way and the wrong way to change coaches or clubs. This is a must
read and looks at the different ways these decisions can affect your
child for many years.
Congratulations
Gary on an excellent resource for swimming parents.
I highly recommend this book to parents of Junior and Age Group swimmers as
there is an abundance of information that will assist you to understand
your child’s development and how to support them.
It is also a great resource for parents of State and National level
swimmers.
Every parent of a swimmer should own this book especially if you are new to
the sport.
Leigh Nugent
National Head Coach - Swimming Australia
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About the Author - Gary Barclay
Gary
Barclay is a leader in aquatic education in Australia and around the world.
As a former National level swimmer, swimming teacher, swimming coach, athlete
manager, and one of the leading Swimming Club managers in the sport of
swimming in Australia, Gary has brought together all his experiences, and
those shared with him by parents and coaches, into this wonderful resource.
For many
parents having a “swimmer” in the family is not something they planned. Gary
will guide you through how children get involved in swimming and how you can
assist them as they progress from one session a week to multiple sessions and
participating in competitions.
‘Swimming
for Parents’ is a lifelong project that draws on many of Gary’s experiences
as a swimmer, coach, swimming administrator and now as a parent of young
children who enjoy swimming.
Gary has
been involved in the sport of swimming for the last 35 years and worked
actively as a coach and manager for the past 20 years. You will thoroughly
enjoy reading this book and once you start, you will not be able to put it
down.
Be the best swimming parent you can be!
Assist your child to fulfil their swimming potential
and learn everything you need to know as a swimming parent
Buy ‘Swimming for Parents’ today
and fast-track your knowledge and development.
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