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ARE WARM UPS IMPORTANT

How serious to you approach your warm ups at practice or meets?  Is it really that important? As with almost all issues in society everyone has an opinion. The first thing that you need to understand is that contrary to beliefs it is not just “MINDLESSLY SWIMMING “ in the 🏊‍♀️.  It should and will set the tone for the practice or meet that you are going to ask of your bodies and put you in a mindset to be successful.  It amazes me to sloppy swimming during this time at practice and that is because habits (good or bad) can be developed during this time.  It is up to you to CHOOSE whether they will be good or bad.   

We do not just put a garbage warmup on the board for you to do.  Each of our warmups have a direct impact and is designed to prepare you for what we are trying to accomplish on any given day, thus our warmups are never the same.  You may ask, But the meet warmup is always the same. Good observation you rascals!  Yes it is and it is designed to get you ready to swim fast.  It is also designed to keep your stress levels down and hopefully keep you relax.  You all do not need traffic 👮‍♀️ standing at your lanes barking directions at you.  I never felt relaxed 😎 when any of my coaches did that regardless of the sport. You all know what you need to do and so accept the responsibility and get it done, and that includes that second warmup and the warm down.

Another thing I have observed is that after your last event some of you figure the day is over and I can just leave.  BIG MISTAKE!  That warm down is very important!  The worse thing you can do for your body is to just walk out, get in a 🚘 and go 🏡.  Your bodies and muscles 💪 will tighten and become very stiff which will produce a feeling or tiredness and soreness.  The next day it will take that much longer to work out all that stiffness which is never a good thing.  You’ve been given these bodies so let’s be nice to them and take care of them.


And above all, Be aware of what you are doing during warmups and pick one ☝️ little thing to improve on and get ready for what is to follow.

SWIM AND ROCK OH 👦 

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