At Rattler Swim Club, we just went through a huge change with my business partner and Head Senior Coach leaving for another job in another LSC and I was able to use this as an opportunity to try some new ideas and look at the team through a completely different perspective. Amazingly, (knock on wood), the ideas I have implemented have worked well and opportunities are opening up for our team and myself as this time passes.
The regime change has been solid based on my seriousness towards keeping continuity amidst the temporary chaos and because of this, it really did seem to smooth the transition over amazingly well. With this, it made me think about the kind of mentality that we have on the pool deck, both coaches and swimmers alike, to where we aren't afraid to have fun, aren't afraid to work hard, aren't afraid to be ourselves...and it has culminated into an environment where I can continue to say that each swimmer in our program will leave our program a better person then they came in. That is an ideal that I cherish for more then how fast or talented a swimmer is.
