So when I got here I heard all kinds of problems that came up. One big thing was that when we had different sites, there was a some complaints about better coaching at one site over another. This was very possible as coaches meetings were limited and communication was about non-existent between younger coaches.
We are having monthly meetings now, and now I am doing individual one-on-one meetings with all of my age-group coaches. Another tool we are trying is creating our own wiki. On the wiki all the designated members can edit their pages by adding their workouts to it, and for them to include emphasis' they spent time talking about with the swimmers. They can add any other notes that would like to add.
With this tool our coaches will be able to see what they are doing at our different sites, and they can also get an idea of what our other Age-Group practices are doing. I will be able to monitor the practices now, and as we expand our program (as we really wish to do) we can hopefully prevent the big difference in coaching within the groups. This will also allow us to share different things that we do with our swimmers, and possible give even our older kid coaches different ideas for their own group.
Haven't got all coaches to record on the wiki yet, but eventually this will be a good tool for our team for what wish to accomplish in the future.
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