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Glenn Mills and Wayne Goldsmith discuss the importance of starting to teach data and swimming fundamentals early, emphasizing that teaching kids concepts like length and tempo at a young age makes their learning easier and more effective. They highlight the benefits of using technology to enhance coaching, such as providing personalized feedback and making stroke mechanics more understandable. Glenn shares his experience with a new software that gathers data from 3,000 races, showing how understanding length, tempo, and duration can improve performance. They also touch on the need for coaches to adapt to new technologies and methods to better engage and develop young athletes.
Check out a segment from Wayne's new Substack:
https://swimminggold.substack.com/p/training-zone-insanity
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Here's a short explainer video of the GoSwim app - https://vimeo.com/goswim/app
If you'd like to set up a demo with Glenn about the GoSwim app, follow this link:
https://tidycal.com/glenn/30-minute-goswim-demo
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"The Third 50 - E17 - When to Start Teaching Data" is an episode of The Third 50. Runtime 30 min. Published June 25, 2025. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.