They must also instill the belief in their coach as a professional with the swimmers best interest always in mind. So, with that said, let's start to look at what this concept of a taper is. The taper is used in swimming by groups of all ages and is a common practice everywhere. The purpose of the taper is to allow the swimmer to adapt to, or supercompensate for the level of level of work accomplished in the training program. An important ingredient of the taper is the work that has gone into swimming before the taper even starts.
Tapering allows the swimmer to adapt to perform as the result of regular season training.
During a taper the work volume can be reduced along with the intensity of work. The frequency of practices and focus during a practice should remain at the same level as the regular season. The reduction in volume of work will not result in a decreased performance ability. All performance factors are maintained at this important period of time. This only plays a small part in heightening performance capacity.