THE TERRACE Bluebacks kicked off the long course swimming season with an intensive three-day individ- ual mediey (IM) technique camp. The camp was headed up by for- mer high level swim coach Mark Fellner. “Mark is very. travelled as a coach and someone who's had swimmers at the Olympics,” says Blueback head coach Mike Carlyle. The event combines the butterfly, back, breast and freestyle strokes. Fellner’s goal for the camp was to focus on ways to improve turns as swimmers switch from one stroke to the next. Linking those strokes while keeping times: fast is a challenge. for many swimmers. Fellner shows the athletes video footage of national team swimmers switching from one stroke to the next as they turn. The idea is to show the swimmers what the proper technique is: so:.they ‘can ‘visualize: it in: the water and put: it into: ‘practice. ‘ “We're taking the time so the kids can take ownership of the skill.” Fellner says. “So when they change strokes, it’s a smooth transition.” The clinic has also allowed for extra time to dissect the strengths of 4al ethettettatts She e's Shotts tent? B10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 26, 2003 individual swimmers. “In backstroke, you’re allowed to do a flutter kick or a dolphin kick,” he explains. “Some kids are better at one than the other.” By ‘taking the time to identify which kick is more suited to individ- ual swimmers, their confidence in that event increases as will their performance in the pool. - Fellner retired from professional coaching in August 2001 and moved from Ontario to Sidney, B.C. where he could be closer to his parents. He spent his week days helping care for his ailing father and his weekends teaching clinics up and down the west coast, He's main- tained that schedule since his father passed away last September, and continues. meeting with swim clubs throughout the province. This is his fifth trip to Terrace and he’s noticed a difference in the _Bluebacks’ performances. “Golan “The biggest change‘is in the ow-~ nership of their efficiencies,” he says, pointing to swimmers’ in- creased understanding of how to apply time saving techniques in the waler. 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ROBYN CATER, left, and Caitlin Scales work on strengthening abdominal muscles and streamlining tech- niques at last weekend’s regional IM technique camp here, SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO Brushing up on stroke switch much faster than at the sur- face, Fell- mer ex- plains. Some of the Bluebacks learned that = at past cli- nics and are apply- ing that strategy now. “These kids are slaying down longer, streamlining longer,” he says. “By doing that they’re gaining more power at the end of the race.” That change reflects a clearer un- derstanding of technique, he says. Mark Fellner om “The;ithree-day clinic also incor- porated dryland. training to help build important abdominal muscles as well as relaxation techniques to help reduce stress. 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