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Performance Preparation - Entry 7
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Effective performance preparation is the key to success in any sport or artistic performance.
How many athletes leave their best performances in the practice pool? Or at the competition warm-up?
What is it that allows some swimmers to perform better than normal in competition and others to struggle through every competitive performance?
What should you focus on during a competitive performance?
How can you achieve your full potential at competition?
On this page, we will offer advice, tips, thoughts, and articles to help you prepare to be your best at competition.
New Page at Perf Prep
Effective performance preparation is the key to success in any sport or artistic performance.
How many athletes leave their best performances in the practice pool? Or at the competition warm-up?
What is it that allows some swimmers to perform better than normal in competition and others to struggle through every competitive performance?
What should you focus on during a competitive performance?
How can you achieve your full potential at competition?
On this page, we will offer advice, tips, thoughts, and articles to help you prepare to be your best at competition.
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Spin Better, Spin More, Achieve Elements
Simple Spin Drills to Make Progress toward More Continuous Spins- 5 Drills
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Our goal is to provide a learning environment for swimmers and coaches in the Artistic Swimming/ Synchronized Swimming community around the world. By offering you a variety of techniques & tips, you can discover the most effective ones for you- and learn how you can best train to reach your potential. Our Vision for Virtual Competitions is to enable athletes to compete globally, stay local. |
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Karen and Sarah Josephson competed in synchronized swimming for more than 20 years, culminating in a Gold Medal in the Duet Event at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. They started synchronized swimming at the Bristol Girls Club in Bristol, Connecticut at the age of five and a half. After gaining success at a young age they committed to swimming in college at The Ohio State University where they won multiple collegiate championships in addition to their first National Championship in the duet. In four years, they both completed Bachelor of Science degrees; Karen in Biochemistry and Sarah in Genetics, while competing on the collegiate and US National Teams. After graduating, they made a commitment to the sport for three years to try to compete in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Despite winning the routine portion of the competition and closing the gap on their Canadian rivals, Karen and Sarah won a silver medal. Karen and Sarah had made a decision to retire from competition after the Olympics. Far from being disappointed with the silver medal, they were inspired to make another attempt. After a one year hiatus to strengthen their bodies they returned to competition in 1990 and were unbeaten in the next three years, winning their first World Championship and FINA World Cup titles, setting a world record score in duet, culminating with the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.
After retiring in 1992, they made a decision to continue working with Duke Zielinski who had provided so much support on their road to the 1992 Olympics. Combining their love of the sport with a new perspective on coaching and instruction provided by Duke, they committed to camps, clinics, and helping produce educational materials to encourage and educate swimmers and coaches around the world. For 25 years, Karen and Sarah have continued to coach, host clinics, research, and create new education for the Artistic Swimming/ Synchro Community. They spent more than 20 years helping to build an age group club in the United States - providing detailed training plans for every level of swimmer, contributing to choreography, as well as significant on deck coaching of swimmers in novice, intermediate, age group, junior and elite levels. Many swimmers qualified for national teams and/or went on to compete in the collegiate or senior level. In addition, Karen and Sarah had their own club for a number of years, qualifying swimmers for Junior and Senior National finals as well as National Teams.Karen acted as a consultant for National Teams for a number of years leading up to the 2012 Games. In the last several years, they have coached other swimmers for the US Virgin Islands and begun development of a program there.
“This material provides a scientific perspective and analysis of the fundamentals of synchronized swimming, presented in a simple format that can easily be understood and communicated to all levels of swimmers.” In a sport in which there is a limited amount of educational materials, Karen, Sarah and Duke felt that they could truly help improve not only the education of swimmers and coaches, but also the enjoyment and the number of participants. We continue to research in the pool and out- working with athletes in other sports to better understand the biomechanics of human movement and the psychology of success.
After retiring in 1992, they made a decision to continue working with Duke Zielinski who had provided so much support on their road to the 1992 Olympics. Combining their love of the sport with a new perspective on coaching and instruction provided by Duke, they committed to camps, clinics, and helping produce educational materials to encourage and educate swimmers and coaches around the world. For 25 years, Karen and Sarah have continued to coach, host clinics, research, and create new education for the Artistic Swimming/ Synchro Community. They spent more than 20 years helping to build an age group club in the United States - providing detailed training plans for every level of swimmer, contributing to choreography, as well as significant on deck coaching of swimmers in novice, intermediate, age group, junior and elite levels. Many swimmers qualified for national teams and/or went on to compete in the collegiate or senior level. In addition, Karen and Sarah had their own club for a number of years, qualifying swimmers for Junior and Senior National finals as well as National Teams.Karen acted as a consultant for National Teams for a number of years leading up to the 2012 Games. In the last several years, they have coached other swimmers for the US Virgin Islands and begun development of a program there.
“This material provides a scientific perspective and analysis of the fundamentals of synchronized swimming, presented in a simple format that can easily be understood and communicated to all levels of swimmers.” In a sport in which there is a limited amount of educational materials, Karen, Sarah and Duke felt that they could truly help improve not only the education of swimmers and coaches, but also the enjoyment and the number of participants. We continue to research in the pool and out- working with athletes in other sports to better understand the biomechanics of human movement and the psychology of success.