“Systematic Scientific Training”：Narrative Inquiry of a Swimming Coach

• Main Authors: Chia-Ming Hung, 洪嘉銘
• Other Authors: Tien-Mei Hu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77607681933668999548

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 體育學系碩士班 === 101 === In 2013, there were only three Taiwanese swimmers admitted to the London Olympics: Xu Zhijie, Cheng Wanrong, and Chen Yijuan. However, after trial matches, they didn’t succeed to the semi-final. Compared with top swimmers in the world, Taiwanese swimmers generally receive the same amount of training, but unfortunately they don’t score too well in competition. This study aims to examine a systematic scientific training model developed by a Taiwanese swimming coach called Tommy, who is himself the research subject that also participated in this study. A close interview with him shows how his own swimming experience (as a swimmer and as a coach) relates to the training model. According to research, the type of training received by Tommy when he was a swimmer at school was not fully based on theories of sports science. This is why, after a long period of time, the training only generated a sense of fatigue in him. Thus, after entering college, he gradually stopped receiving any training. It was until later he graduated and went to a graduate school to study theories of sports science that he began to recognize the importance of combining theories with swimming training. Based upon the theories of sports science learned at graduate school, Tommy modified the swimming skills he acquired in the past, and teaches them to young swimmers. He used the energy system within the body as a basis to design a special training schedule, in order to improve the swimming skills of his swimmers in a more precise manner. As a volunteer coach at the Oasis High School in Taipei, Tommy used his training model to efficiently enhance the overall performance of these swimmers within limited training time. This training model based on sports biomechanics, physiology, and psychology, is incorporated with Tommy’s own training principles and helps the swimmers, who swim 3000 meters a day, remain competitive in the National High School Games. The purpose of this study is not only to shed light on Tommy’s training model, but also to contribute to the field of swimming in Taiwan. Therefore, the author hopes that this study can serve as an effective training guidebook that helps swimmers in Taiwan to develop more promising capabilities for winning medals.