Not that he could ever be as good swim, understand him well . Yet. If Patrick Pearson looks at Ranomi Kromowidjojo, he sees a lot of himself in her. “I used to be always someone who is at least prepared to achieve maximum results. And that again often at the last minute. Ranomi also as someone who things for themselves extend it. And finally a good result for the day comes “
Swim Coach Patrick Pearson Photo: Soenard Chamid
No swimmer in the world that goes through the water as streamlined know the 33-year-old trainer after an endless series of measurements. From the block she goes at a speed of at five meters per second into the water, which equals eighteen kilometers per hour.
“Ranomi invariably 20 meters from the edge up again. The men in my team keep stabbing between 15 and 18 meters. And I still do not agree on the rate at which they go under. And that is not because she is stronger in her legs than men. It is because of her physique. ”
However, the swim turns to perfection. Her gold medal in the 50 meters freestyle at the European Championships Short Course in Netanya notwithstanding, that point has not been reached. Nowhere near even, says Pearson. The swimmer is struggling, 242 days before the lighting of the Olympic flame, still with the London Games after effects. Eighteen months takes cooperation now, but Pearson has still not where he wants her.
‘Kromo’ not fit
“My problem when I started was that I was not immediately could call: Hey, you’re not fit, you need to lose weight Of course I have carefully defined so that it is an issue, but it is not the first one I went to work! “.. First he had to win her trust. Only during the World Cup short course in Doha, in December 2014, he would have preferred to be converged Kromowidjojo for the first time.
“I gave her the first months of our cooperation the freedom with which sensitive theme to go. And she has not completely filled out properly. ” Kromowidjojo went, on the advice of Pearson, first to work with a mental coach. “He’s been a very big factor in the process to recover the sense in swimming.” Since then he has directed at the physical level firmly in control. “I thought if I wait too long there, we run the risk that they will not make it.”
Every four weeks there is now a measurement on the program, coupled with strength training. “So we can see if they force loses when they start to lose weight. A dietician measured at that time its circumference measurements and skin folds. In addition, I measure starts, turns, finishes and swimming speed. The information we spend every month together. With that Input of data can we tell if she is doing well. “
‘Not angry, but disappointed”
“The good thing is that we every month as a team to sit down. At the moment it still does not improve, I can ask her in person why that is. Or I’ll become even angry? No, no. Well let down. “
Pearson likened its circumference measurements also that of 2012. “A test revealed that she now has to deliver more power to achieve the same speed. They are experiencing 10 percent more resistance on her body. And that results in considerable loss of speed.”
Size must be reduced
He makes no bones about it. “The resistance is just in its size. It must be reduced. It is not just a question of body weight, also of circumference. Between breasts and thighs is the most mass. If you see her lying in the water, her body is simply bigger than before. “
” They now know themselves exactly how much more she can swim. If resistance is reduced to the level of 2012, I seriously think that they are one second can swim faster in the 100 free. That She completely in your hands. “
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