| Swimming instructors have to develop many | | | | body strength. The coach might require that the |
| training styles because not all swimmers have the | | | | swimmer perform each swimming stroke for up |
| same experience levels. Some swimmers might | | | | to twenty minutes, and during that time, the |
| be under the age of four and need to be trained | | | | swimmer will have to test their endurance by |
| with learning styles that can be done in a wading | | | | doing lap after lap until they have completed the |
| pool. For swimmers that will swim in athletic | | | | required time limit. |
| competitions during the year, the coach will have | | | | The coach might also require that the swimmer |
| to develop a training schedule that lets the | | | | hold on to floatation devices while they kick their |
| swimmer learn the strokes that they will need for | | | | legs to propel them around the pool. This training |
| competition in a pool that is sized for swimming | | | | style will help the swimmer to build up strength in |
| competitively. | | | | the muscles that are in the legs. The legs will be |
| Some swimmers might need to be retrained | | | | used to perform the kicking motion that is used |
| before they are ready for swimming at the | | | | on all of the swimming strokes that are required |
| competitive level. The swimmer might have been | | | | in swim meets. |
| lax during the winter and might not have swum at | | | | The swimmer with the best strength and muscle |
| all. The lazy daze of summer might have caused | | | | condition is more likely to win the race they are in |
| the swimmer to be lax in all manners of training | | | | and a good coach will know this. Some coaches |
| and the swimmer will have to get used to fast | | | | might seem to have strange styles of training |
| starts and regain the competitive edge that they | | | | used for swimming in competitive sports but the |
| exhibited the year before. Some swimmers lose | | | | physical results of that training will be recognized |
| interest in swimming competitively and will need a | | | | when the swimmer starts winning races instead |
| persuasive coach to get them back on the team. | | | | of coming in second all of the time. |
| Some swimmers need to develop more strength | | | | There are certain training styles that are almost |
| in the upper portion of their bodies because they | | | | mandatory because without them, the swimmer |
| will be tasked to perform strenuous swimming | | | | will not know how to start a race. A swimmer |
| strokes such as the breaststroke, butterfly, or | | | | might be tasked with diving from cinder blocks |
| backstroke during swimming meet styled | | | | that are at the deep end of a pool several times |
| competitions. The swimmer will perform these | | | | an hour until they perfect each dive. A swimmer |
| swimming strokes during various parts of the | | | | must dive deep enough to submerge all parts of |
| day, and each race will require a longer distance | | | | the body but not to the point where time is |
| than the last. | | | | taken away from swimming to the other end of |
| A coach might approach this type of swimming | | | | the pool. |
| with training that concentrates on building upper | | | | |