I get tired of seeing poor coaching. It’s a scourge of our profession. The verb ‘to coach’ is not something that should be very different to ‘to teach’.
So tell me the amount of information that ‘good’ or ‘well done’ teaches?
Nothing.
It is lazy. It is unprofessional and lazy.
If you are a coach then you must be articulate. You need to translate what you saw into a learning moment. The weak links in the swim and the aspects that were good need to be communicated with empathy. You must be a person that teaches in a way that sticks.
If the swimmer(s) spoke to you before the race then the learning moment will be more obvious but anything new that came up (good or bad) should be entered into the conversation.
If your student learns, you have succeeded as a coach…because you are a teacher, that understands pedagogy, not a coach.
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