3S Delivers Real Results

There are lots of reasons to choose 3S, but the most important one is simply that IT WORKS. The following unsolicited letters are typical of the many we have received that show how swimmers using our system actually perform in the real world.

The first is from nine-year-old Oliver Koen, a future Olympian from Swaziland, Africa.  His mother (who is not a coach) helps him train.

Dear Sergei:

Our season is finished now but we are still practicing every day until it gets too cold. It was Nationals (our main event) this weekend and teams from Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland took part.

I followed your program and it worked very very well! The last two weeks we didn't practice hard, just technique with lots of starts & turns.

Last year I only got one medal this year I got 9 and won the junior victor ludorum as well.

My fly is much better now, mom says practicing with the front snorkel got my rhythm right. Mom will put my results in, but I wanted to tell you how I did myself.

50m fly = PB -7.03 sec = 2nd place
50m back = +0.97 sec = 1st place
100m back = PB -3.40 sec = 1st place
50m breast = PB -1.86 sec = 2nd place
100m breast = PB -0.38 sec = 3rd place
200m breast = PB -7.97 sec = 3rd place (under 12)
50m free = PB - 3.81 sec = 2nd place
100m free = PB - 6.25 sec = 1st place
100m IM = PB -9.40 sec = 1st place

Thank you for everything you do for me.

Oliver

These others are from coaches at both university and club level.

RE: 2005 Big Tens Finals

Super Sport Systems - Coaches' User Group

After last year's performances I thought it would be difficult to take another significant step forward for some of our swimmers....wrong. I think the 3S system has taught me a lot about intensity vs. volume. I see a lot of it in the way Bob [Bowman] trains Michael [Phelps], and now the men's team at Michigan.

Although I don't think "winning" is the ultimate criterion for determining the efficacy of a particular training methodology, we did win half of the swimming events at Big Tens and were second or third in another four.

It is interesting how well the system predicted for several swimmers....most notably Lindsey Smith. I entered her twice, as a 100 swimmer with a goal of 48.7 and a 200 swimmer with a goal of 1:45.5. She went 1:45.2 and 48.80 (I'll have to try to figure our where we lost that tenth!).

Sergei, Matt, et. al. I'm looking forward to discussions at NISCA (men's NCAA's), and the CSCAA convention as we continue to explore this system. How 'bout an informal get together at ASCA to share thoughts, etc.?

Thanks one more time to all who share.

Jim Richardson
Head Coach, Women's Swimming
University of Michigan

Hello, Everyone -

Well the results are in for us at Carthage and I'm ready to proclaim our 3S experiment a success. We had our conference championships this past weekend and by the numbers we had:

• 18 school records (+5 more relay split records)

• 14 NCAA Cuts (a team record, including our first-ever relay cuts)

• 1 NCAA 'A' Cut (our first-ever)

• Our 200 backstroker is currently 6th in Division III

• Our 400 Medley Relay is 6th

The biggest surprise was having a kid go 2:06.7 breast, after coming in as a 1:03.9 breaststroker.

Greg Earhart
Men's Swimming Coach
Carthage College

Dear Colleagues:

     After implementing the 3S System for one year, we had a swimmer drop over 5 and a half seconds in her 200 free, and over 2.5 seconds in her 100. After placing 87th at Summer Nationals the year prior, she won both events at NCSA Junior Nationals with times faster than the 2004 USA Olympic Trials cuts.

     I truly believe that Super Sport Systems has made a difference not just in our elite athletes' performances, but team wide. 3S gives our program the tools we need to excel. The 3S paces and seasonal planning have proved to be dead on accurate for individual and systemic success.

     What used to take me hours before 3S, now takes minutes. I wouldn't plan a season without it.

Coach Rich Rogers
Tampa Bay Aquatics

PS: Her results are tabled below.

Please also compare these results with another nationally ranked collegiate athlete.

Fellow Coaches:

I got involved with the Super Sport Systems program for one simple reason and that is to produce max performances at the championship meets. With all my experience in the swimming world it was not clear to me how a coach could guarantee a swimmers best performance at the end of the year and also the times that they may obtain. I was in search of that holy grail, if you will.

The system has worked wonderfully well for producing championship swims at the big meets at the end of the year. The more I use the system the more confidence I have in the program.

Highlights of the performances for the high school and YMCA swimmers:

• 2004 - 2 of my high school swimmers qualified for the NYS High School Championships

• 2004 - 2 of my YMCA swimmers won state titles in there respective events

• 2004 - 1 of my swimmers qualified for the YMCA Nationals

• 2005 - 4 of my high school swimmers qualified for NYS High School Championships

• 2005 - we won our first relay ever at the sectional championships coming within a couple tenths of a second for All American Recognition

• 2005 - 4 swimmers qualified for YMCA nationals with 3 swimmers in individual events, 2 freestyle relays also qualified for the national meet
  
  The swimming program at the YMCA and high school have taken quantum leaps in performance over the past couple of years. I expect that it will continue to do so over the coming years. I have used extensively the Super Sport System program developed by Sergei as my training model. It works.

Respectfully,

Bill Asay

Head Coach

Saratoga YMCA, Saratoga High School