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Swimmers
Log Book 22001133--1144 Name…………………
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Contents
Page 3 What is the Log book for?
Page 5-8 Personal Best Times
Page 9 Long Term Goals
Page 10 Medium Term Goals
Page 11 Short term Goals
Page 14 Coaches Feedback
Page 17 Age & height record
Page 19 Competition Plan
Page 20 My open Meets schedule
Page 21 Training Log
(Duplicates available on HSC Website)
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What is the Log Book for?
The main idea of a log book is to help support
improvement. i.e Learning or progressing a skill or a
practice in one session and taking that forward to
every session after that.
It will help you take responsibility for YOUR
swimming. Your coaches and parents can help, but
only YOU can do it! You may not always have the
same coach and therefore they won't always be
there to remind you to do something.
You can treat your logbook like a diary and write
down all your thoughts and feelings or simply a
record of training sessions and personal best times. It
is up to you!
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In your log book you can:
� Record your goals
� Record your PB's
� Find advice on what you eat and drink
� Help evaluate your performances and
achievements
� Help set new goals
� Record your Training sessions
Please keep your logbook in a folder of your choice;
it is useful to be able to look back to see how much
you have achieved or why something might not
have gone to plan.
Your log book is not homework; it is something that
will help you progress in swimming, however they will
be collected in from time to time, to be reviewed
and to add in new training log pages.
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Personal Best Times
50m Times (Include date underneath the time)
50m Fly 50m Back 50m Breast 50m Free
Start of
Season
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50m Times continued….
50m Fly 50m Back 50m Breast 50m Free
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100m Times….
100m Fly 100m Back
100m
Breast 100m Free 100m IM
Start of
Season
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200m Times….
200m Fly 200m Back
200m
Breast 200m Free 200m IM
Start of
Season
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400m and Distance Times
400m Free 400m IM 800m Free 1500m Free
1500 Open
Water
Start of
Season
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Long Term Goals:
Just scribble down any long term ambitions you may
have.
These could be really diverse, for example; get into
the Hinckley A-team, or be world champion, or
maybe get on the podium at the county champs or
maybe achieve a sub 25 second 50m freestyle or
simply to continue to enjoy the sport! This is for you to
think about!
Ultimate Life time achievement Target:
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Medium Term Goals:
Goals for this season (September this year to August
next year:
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Short Term Goals:
Goals for the next month. Master or improve a skill,
be specific but be realistic, i.e. a 2 second
improvement on a 50m time may not be possible!
Short Term Goals October-December
October
November
December
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Short term goals January - April
January
February
March
April
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Short term goals May-August
May
June
July
August
September
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Coaches Feedback
Please hand your logbook in at the end of each “term”. This way the
coaches can help set you new targets and help set out a plan to
achieve those not yet reached.
Coaches feedback (Christmas)
Coach……………………………………
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Coaches feedback (Easter)
Coach……………………………………
Coaches feedback (End of Season - June)
Coach……………………………………
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Age & Height Record
The main idea of recording this is to give an indication of
any physical changes that could be compromising your
swimming. For example in the long run a growth spurt will
be a good thing but short term it can leave you feeling
tired and can even cause coordination problems.
Record your resting heart rate, do this at the same time in
the day so it is a fair test. There is a column for any notes
you may have; for instance illness, feeling a lack of co-
ordination or anything else that may affect/be affected
by either. The best way is to take by pressing two fingers
on carotid artery on the left hand side of your neck and
count the beats over 15 seconds, then multiply by 4, this
is best done early in the morning.
There are 12 rows, feel free to fill them out as and when,
but we recommend at least once per month at regular
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Age & Height Chart
Date Height Resting Heart
rate Notes
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Competition Plan
The Plan: Red - Diddy competitions, Blue - Full Team competitions
Competition Venue Date
Arena league/Leics Autumn league Rd 1 12th October 2013
Arena league/Leics Autumn league Rd 2 9th November 2013
Young Teams 30th November 2013
Arena league/Leics Autumn league Rd 3 14th December 2013
Leicester Winter League Rd 1 11th January 2014
Leicester Winter League Rd 2 8th February 2014
County Championships 800/1500 Day Loughborough Uni 9th February 2014
County Championships Day 1 Corby 1st March 2014
County Championships Day 2 Corby 2nd March 2014
County Championships Day 3 Braunstone 8th March 2014
County Championships Day 4 Braunstone 9th March 2014
County Championships Day 5 Braunstone 15th March 2014
County Championships Day 6 Braunstone 16th March 2014
Leicester Winter League Rd 3 29th March 2014
Diddy League Rd 1 5th April 2014
Diddy League Rd 2 10th May 2014
Coventry Warehousing Trophy Coventry May
Birley Trophy Coalville
Diddy League Rd 3 28th June 2014
Midlands Open Water Championships Mkt Bosworth July 2014
LASA Interclubs Sprints Braunstone September
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My Open Meets Schedule
Competition Venue Date
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Session Log
Keep a record of every session!
Use it to record:
• What you learned and what you will
remember for next time
• Good session/bad session? Rate yourself
between 1* and 5*
• Meters Covered
Other ideas for comments:
• Were you Tired?
• Did you drink enough? Were you dehydrated
before the session?
• Diet, had you ate the right stuff?
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Finally here is one last incentive to train better than
the next guy/girl!