2023 PRO SWIM SERIES – FORT LAUDERDALE
- March 1-4, 2023
- Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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After negative-splitting her 400m free to take the win in 4:05 in Ft. Lauderdale, we caught up with Olympian Katie Grimes about her training the last couple months. This cycle was highlighted by the Sandpipers’ annual 2k for time to establish their target paces during color sets (blue, purple, white pink).
However, after they did their 2k, the results weren’t as expected (not very good), so coach Ron had them do it again a few days later. Grimes describes the mentality needed for not only one 2k for time in a training week, but two.
i’m going to say something that might sound very controversial, I think Ryan is doing is really good. I really think that what Simms, Grimes, and Weinstein have been able to do is phenomenal. However, I don’t know if it’s really the right thing to do to kids who are still developing. The goal with club swimming is to progress and blossom in college, these girls are doing really good now, but there’s really no say into how fast they will be in college. We saw with Erica Sullivan how she was 1523 as a highschooler, goes to Texas and isn’t even able to break 1545. Point being, I’m not sure 100% if this is the right thing to do… Read more »
I don’t think the bulk of the sandpipers team is doing that stuff, just the national level group.
Once a year? They must demolish their times
She actually says once per season in the video.
This is the most Sandpipers thing i’ve ever heard
Refreshing to see coaches do do over sets/ practices!
Too bad Katie Grimes is not swimming the 800 FR at the TYR Pro Swim Series – FL.
What pace does each color mean?
The color of your face depending on intensity with white being the least intense and blue meaning you left it all in the pool
Legendary coach Jon Urbanchek created the color system, which is centered around white/pink/red/blue/purple. The colors are correlated to the color of a swimmer’s face depending on their effort/HR in a given set. As the colors go from white to purple the idea is that effort increases as well as HR.
Hmmm… this assumes all your swimmers are white :-/
Why all the downvotes? I definitely turn purple when I exert myself even a little bit (thanks to my Irish ancestors with that translucent skin), but I can’t say the same for my Black teammates.
I’m sure Urbanchek meant no disrespect, but I’m just saying that it might be worth revisiting the color scheme to be more inclusive.
I turn red almost immediately, so I don’t think it’d be very accurate for me, either.
Nobody wanted this comment section to turn political is why
The existence of non-white people is not “political”
Ha! Almost made same comment but was going to say “I’m here for all the downvotes” There is actually a power point of Urbanchek’s system where the colors were changed to gears. That is the terminology I actually choose to use (Gears 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) I don’t believe Jon had any thought of disrespecting different races/ethnicities…but when you coach a diverse group of athletes it’s something to be aware of
Because of sentiments like yours, Jon has changed it to gears instead of colors!
Not sure if you’re being tongue-in-cheek – but everyone seems to be taking you seriously. I’m pretty sure it’s about HEARTRATE and not color of face. I don’t think we really want anyone turning purple, blue or green in the pool.
The bit about it matching the color of swimmers faces was never meant to be anything more than a tongue in cheek comment and anyone who is going to paint it as anything otherwise is doing so dishonesty. There’s also a green color as well and I don’t think swimmers start turning into Namekians at high lactate levels.
Each color represents a certain work/rest ratio and effort level. The face color reference was an attempt to lighten the humor when the sets got hard.