Swimming Faster the Auburn Way:Training and Race Strategies for Middle Distance and Distance

Coach Ralph Crocker has experienced success at every level of the sport! As an assistant at Auburn, Coach Crocker has extensive experience working with all groups, but primarily the distance group, or as they fondly call it, "Ralph's House of Pain"(RHOP).
The success of RHOP was very evident at the 2003 NCAA and SEC Women's Championships as the all-star quartet of Margaret Hoelzer, Heather Kemp, Kirsty Coventry and Bowen not only won the 800 free relay at each, but did so with a new SEC, NCAA and U.S. Open record.
In this instructional video, Crocker shares the training and race strategies for the 400 and up. In the training portion of the presentation, Crocker begins with "Distance Training Basics" that reflect his overall success and experience that he incorporates into training his Auburn training group. He also shares a season-long training plan and strategy that includes strategies for a shorter high school season, weekly training plans, and workout construction. Crocker also devotes a segment to pre-meet warm up discussing the importance of the pre-meet warm up, structuring a proper meet warm-up along with specific examples. Sharing Coach Marsh's affinity for "training toys", Crocker shares the training toys he specifically uses for his distance swimmers. In the final segment of the video, Crocker shares race strategies for distance events.

52 minutes. 2004.