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Swimming

The sport scientists at Oarsome Sport & Fitness have had experience of working with elite swimming squads during their swimming training through work with the West of Scotland Institute of Sport swimming squad.

The swimming sport science support work and swimming testing undertaken involved blood lactate step testing of swimmers to assess aerobic fitness. Swimming training guidelines were provided to each of the swimmers based on the swimming step testing results and target fitness required to reach elite levels. Competition support was also provide in the form of blood lactate assessments during swim-downs. This type of swimming testing provided information on how long the swimmers should remain in the pool after competition to optimise recovery. Information was also collected on the physiological demands of various different event strokes and distances.

Oarsome Sport & Fitness hold the contract for 2004-05 with the Glasgow School of Sport to run the swimming sport science support services for the swimming programme. The swimming sport science programme provided will involve blood lactate step testing of 19 elite youth swimmers at key points within the swimming season. Precise feedback will be provided to the High Performance Swimming Coach on the aerobic fitness and guidelines provided on the areas of development for each swimmer.

Swimming sport science support offered by Oarsome Spot & Fitness to swimmers includes:

• Swimming training programme support
• Athlete and coach education on various sport science related topics
• Blood lactate assessments (step tests)
• Competition support
• Dietary analysis
• Swimming specific body composition analysis
• Swimming strength and conditioning training (including land training)

Individual support can be tailored to meet the specific needs of a swimmer including swimming coach education, swimming strength and conditioning and swimming land training. Please contact us to discuss your specific requirements.