Titans Training

Olympic Breaststroker, Darren Mew, Coaching Titans

Swim Training Sessions

All short course swim training and dryland training takes at Ellesmere College, Ellesmere, Shropshire SY12 9AB

All Long Course Pool Training takes place at the Wavertree Sports Centre, Liverpool

Mondays	7.00am		8.10am	Short Course Pool Training (School Term Time)
Tuesdays	5.30pm	–	7.30pm	Short Course Pool Training
Wednesday	7.00am	–	8.10am	Short Course Pool Training (School Term Time)
Thursdays	5.30pm	–	7.30pm	Short Course Pool Training
Fridays	7.00am	–	8.10am	Short Course Pool Training (School Term Time)
	5.30pm	–	6.00pm	Dryland Training
	6.00pm	–	8.00pm	Short Course Pool Training
Sundays	9.00am	–	11.00am	Long Course Pool training

All Titan members must attend Dryland as well as Pool training. Dryland training is a very important part of the Titans overall swim training. It is used to improve balance, body awareness, strength, mobility and flexibility.

To achieve a high level of performance in the pool a swimmer needs to have good core strength in the hips, abdomen and lower back. Core stability work improves a swimmers ability to align their posture dynamically, aiding elongation and streamlining. Abdominal strength is essential to fast swimming as strong abdominals allow a swimmer to control their body position, leading to more efficient swimming; it also helps to contribute to faster starts and turns.

Most of the Titans dryland training takes place in the Ellesmere College Gym and involves the use of body weight exercises and stretching. The Titans place a lot of emphasis on use of boxing gloves and sparring pads to develop strength and speed of the initial swimming catch, as well as utilising swim benches to develop propulsive phase strength. For older swimmers we also have access to a fully equipped weights and fitness room.

In addition to these weekly organised land training sessions, we strongly recommend that swimmers undertake a daily 5 minute morning exercise workout.

For further information on this subject read “Conditioning For Swimmers” by Alan Lynn.