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

with Ralph Crocker, former Auburn Assistant Coach;
distance specialist, former Pine Crest School and Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club Head Coach

Coach Crocker has experienced success at every level of the sport! As an assistant at Auburn, Crocker has extensive experience working with all groups, but primarily the distance group, or as they fondly call it, "Ralph's House of Pain". In this 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.

This item also belongs to the following series!

• Swimming Faster with David Marsh
• Swimming Faster The Auburn Way: Training & Race Strategies Series

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