WELCOME BACK

As we are now into our 6th week of practice and with one meet in our rear view mirror I thought it might be time to get this blog started for the season.

All athletes especially older ones will gather a certain amount of rust in the off season, and will have to spend the first part of the season working that rust off.  If your a baseball fan than you may notice that the pitchers always warm up to start the inning as they prepare to face the batters.  A swimmer too after sitting a while may have to do a 2nd or 3rd warm-up during the meet.   Yes it takes a little effort but it's often the little things that you may or may not do that will have the biggest impact on your races. 

After reviewing last seasons body of work, I have decided that one of my big themes for this year will be the little things, and one of the biggest is being prepared and not wasting a single minute.  We can never get that minute back so we are going to use every one of them.

All of you have been doing an outstanding job in this young season.  Your attention to the details has been outstanding, and we have come a long way in a short time.  Next week I will spend a little more time on the first 7 weeks but i wanted to get information out for the October Open this weekend at Lee District Pool.

FRIDAY  WARM UP-4:30-5:20  EVENTS START AT 5:20 WITH 200 BACK
500'S WILL BEGIN @5:40 SWIMMING FASTEST TO SLOWEST AND ALTERNATING GIRL HEAT/ BOY HEAT.
 
I am estimating that the n.t. swimmers will start their heats at around 7:10 so for those swimmers it is okay to arrive around 6:30 and we should be good.  for the rest of you it is possible to estimate your heat by checking the PVS site.  don't forget it goes from fast to slow, alternating girl/boy, using 10 lanes.

SATURDAY WARM UP 13 AND OVER 6:55-7:20 (2ND)
12 AND UNDER 11:55- 12:20 (2ND)

SUNDAY 13 AND OVER 6:30- 6:55 (1ST) 12 AND UNDER 11:30-11:55

There will be a few lanes to warm up in during the meet.

WEEKLY NOTE;

For the Junior Gold Group we spent Wednesday swimming all 500's for the day since alot of you are swimming the event for the first time. Some keys
AIR very important to start your breathing pattern off the start in order to stay fresh as long as possible. don't forget it takes 30 seconds for a breath of air to work its way to the muscles.
KICK- hard off all turns but keep it soft until that last 75 and than go for it!
TURNS- keep them tight and long and do not breathe on that first pull
STRATEGY- Think of it as 3 races in one. 2x200 and 1x100 First 200 a strong A-3 80-85%. Second 200 A-4 90% should be faster than first 200. last 100 is build to a sprint in that last 75. If you feel good go early.

Have fun with the event and see you at the pool!