This is the time of year where we are transiting between a lot of things in all of our lives. In our academics we are getting ready for that final push towards our final exams which I am sure will go well since we have been preparing all year, right ? Swimming also brings new possibilities with some of you getting ready for long course competition and others looking forward to going back to your summer watering holes and renewing those relationships and where it all began. As we wrap up our journey during this short course season I would like to thank all of you for showing up each and every day, making the sacrifices throughout the season, and for the hard work you put in during our training sessions and also at our competitions. I hope that all of you achieved some if not all of your goals and expectations during the year. Remember that your journey is long and there are always new things to learn, new goals to set and always fast times ahead. See you down the lane. LAST WORKOU
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL THE MAKO SWIMMERS AND YOUR FAMILIES. Hope you get some rest today with families and friends. For those of you getting ready to travel to Saint Petersburg this week for the age group Elite meet, safe travels. We are waiting for you and look forward to a GREAT WEEK of swimming. Make sure to pack extra goggles, suits, caps. LOTS OF SUNSCREEN . You burn that first day you’re still swimming so plan accordingly. Your sun time does not all have to be done on that first day. WE ARE DOWN HERE TO WORK, RACE, AND THEN WE CAN PLAY. PRE-RACE MISTAKE #10 Allowing fear of failure to be top motivator I had a rugby coach who used to preach to us that most of our games played safe. What he meant was that we played not to win but played not to lose. We were more afraid of the consequences of losing than what the consequences would be if we worked. Once we worked through that our game took off because we were a lot less timid and tight and we could play in a more rela