Simple Practice Plan

I’ve been training in swimming, and in other activities, for so many years that I take it for granted what a practice may look like. I also realize our insider swimming jargon can confuse a new initiate.

I was reminded of this recently: my wife does not have a trained swimming background. She has been working on her TI swimming, and has also recently starting up some self-coaching in Chi Running. The other day she asked me how to organize her practice time. I rattled off what I thought would be a simple plan for her time but she just looked at me with glazed eyes, and then insisted I help her write it down. So, I was reminded that a Simple Practice pattern is not necessarily so simple to someone has not been involved in the culture of the sport very long.

So, for her benefit, possibly for yours, and definitely for my own in helping other swimmers, I wrote out some notes for how to begin organizing the practice time.

Here are some steps you can take to set up your own Simple Practice pattern.

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