Great day for Gisela Morales since she broke her own National Record in the 100 Back today here in Barcelona at the 2013 FINA World Championships.
Gisela’s video of the 100 Back National Record at the 2013 FINA World Championships:
I am very happy for her, her family and her coach back home Marco Antonio Caal. Gisela stopped swimming for over a year and half and at the end of 2012 she contacted me because she wanted to come back to swimming and wanted me to coach her. I was very excited to her that she wanted me to be her coach since I have known her for many years and I have watched her swim since she was very young. I was wanted her to come and swim with me at West Virginia but when I went to talk with the coach she had already committed to AuburnL. Well the World works in funny ways and now I had this chance in front of me. The challenge was that she just had a baby and that I had to coach her online since she lives in Guatemala.
Well we have been working together (Gisela, Marco and me) for the last 9 months and the results could not have been better. The main goals for this season were: learn how to cope with taking care of the baby and training, balancing her married life and training and also balancing her professional life and the training. So far Gisela has done a tremendous job listening, learning and sharing with me her thoughts and experiences, and I have learned a lot at the same time from coaching her and having to think outside the box with this situation.
She swam an impressive 1:02”12, her last best time was 1:02”46 from 2009 and with the FAST suits. Very impressive for a 26 year old mother of a beautiful young boy.
Gisela Morales rompio su propio Record Nacional desde 2009
Gran dia para Gisela Morales rompiendo su propio record Nacional de Guatemala de los 100 Espalda aqui en los Mundiales 2013 de Barcelona.
Yo estoy muy contento por ella, su familia y su entrenador Marco. Gislea dejo de nadar durante mas de dieciocho meses y a finales del 2012 me contacto ya que queria volver y queria que yo la entrenara. Yo super content de que ella quisiera que yo la entrenara ya que la conocia como nadadora desde que era joven y yo siempre crei que era un grantalento. Hasta cuando yo estaba de entrenador Universitario en West Virginia University fui ha hablar con su entrenador pero ella ya se habia comprometido con la Universidad de Auburn :-(. Pero bueno la vida funiciona de manera interesante y ahora se me presenta la oportunidad. El reto era que ella acababa de tener el bebe y que la iba a tener que entrenar a traves del internet ya que vive en Guatemala.
Bueno hemso estado trabjando juntos (Gisela, Marco y yo) durante los ultimos nueve meses y los resultados no podrian haber sido major. Los objetivos principals para esta temporada han sido: aprender como compaginar cuidar del bebe y los entrenos, aprender a compaginar su vida de casada y los entrenos, aprender a compaginar su profesion y los entrenos. Hasta ahora Gisela ha hecho un gran trabajo escuchando, aprendiendo y compartiendo conmigo y Marco sus pensamientos y experiencias, y yo he aprendido mucho al entrenarla y tener que pensar de manera no usual al planificar sus entrenos.
Hoy ella nado un impresionante 1:02”12.
FELICIDADES GISELA Y MARCO!!!!
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