Parent Video Support During Sessions
To help our swimmers get the maximum benefit from each session, we encourage at least one parent to be present and available to assist with video recording.
During the session, parents can use one of our iPads to capture short video clips of their swimmer. No special knowledge or experience is required—we will show you exactly what to record. Parent support re. video allows your swimmer's coach to focus on coaching rather than taking videos!
At the conclusion of the session, all videos will be uploaded to your swimmer's personal Dropbox folder. Each session will be organized into a dated subfolder, making it easy to locate and review videos from previous sessions.
The videos are much more than a record of the session—they are an important learning tool.
One of the goals of the Platinum Performance Lab is to help swimmers become active participants in their own development. By reviewing their videos between sessions, swimmers can:
- Better understand the technical points discussed during the session.
- Observe their own strengths and weaknesses.
- Track improvements over time.
- Develop meaningful practice goals.
- Learn to analyze their own swimming, an essential skill for long-term success.
Many swimmers discover things in their videos that they did not feel while they were swimming. This visual feedback often creates "aha" moments that can accelerate learning and help technical improvements become permanent.
The most successful swimmers are often those who spend time studying their videos, thinking about what they see, and arriving at their next session with questions and observations of their own.
Our goal is not simply to coach swimmers during a 90-minute session. Our goal is to provide tools that help them continue learning long after the session has ended, and video review is one of the most powerful tools available for that purpose.
At Platinum Performance Lab, we believe that understanding creates improvement. The more a swimmer understands what they are doing in the water, the faster meaningful progress occurs. Fitness may determine how fast a swimmer can go, but understanding determines how effectively they use that fitness when it matters most.