New Features on Website

The discussion started with testing a new computer and exploring the website. The speaker highlighted the standard features accessible on the website, including the download mentorship and tools website. They specifically mentioned the easy print lesson plans and visual skill sheets, as well as the teaching swimming find effective instruction workbook. The speaker emphasized that these resources are exclusive to this program and not available in other similar programs.

Visual Skill Sheets

The speaker discussed the visual skill sheets, which provide a guide for teaching specific skills such as butterfly. They explained how the sheets show the progression of skills and activities to help swimmers improve their technique. The speaker mentioned that these single sheets are useful tools for honing in on specific skills.

Repeatable Lessons

The speaker highlighted the repeatable lessons, which they have been using frequently in their own program. They explained how these lessons set an expectation and pepper in all the strokes, allowing instructors to spend more or less time on specific items based on the swimmers’ needs.

Premium Lesson Plan Builder

The speaker introduced the premium lesson plan builder, which will be the go-to tool for creating lessons going forward. They explained how subscribers can access this feature and use pre-created elements to build their own lesson plans. The speaker mentioned that there are over 200 freely accessible lesson plan elements available, including freestyle, glides, and kicking.

Lesson Plan Builder

The lesson plan builder is a super cool tool that allows users to create effective lesson plans for their swim team. It has various features such as adding custom levels, using global levels or creating a new one, and saving the lesson plans for reuse. The tool also allows users to add pictures which scale according to the available space.

Practice Writer

The practice writer is another feature of the tool that allows coaches to write their lesson plan for practices on the website. It has various aspects such as coach mode, designating what’s happening, and putting the coach’s message of the day. The intention is to communicate practices not just for assistant coaches but also for swimmers so they can read ahead and know what to expect.

PDF Generation

The tool allows users to generate a PDF of their lesson plan which includes the coach’s message, warm up, question of the day with reward consequence, and answer key. The PDF has two pages where the first page shows the coach’s message, warm up, and question of the day, while the second page or bottom of the page shows the answer key.

Different Editors

The tool offers different editors such as freehand writing, builder, single set or round, and choosing by stroke. These editors are similar to those in Team Manager, making it familiar for users who use that. Users can also load templates they have created and save them for future use.

Group Management

The tool allows users to set groups and assign them to different groups. It also has a calendar feature where users can add practices, filter by group, and see past practices. Users can export reports as CSV documents and view the breakdown of swimming types.

Aquatic Management System

The system includes lessons management, career development (scan audits), lesson points, and aquatic management. It’s a single module within a larger suite of aquatic management tools. The system focuses on fun and effective instruction, with courses designed to be reference materials in bite-sized chunks.

Mentorship Directory

The mentorship directory is an existing system used for part-time employees that will be beneficial for subscribers to the website. It allows users to choose to be a mentor or mentee, connect with others, and share progress publicly.

Roadmap and Initiatives

The roadmap includes initiatives, tasks, meetings, and updates. Meetings document discussions, decisions, and action items, while the timeline tracks changes and progress.