IMX PLAN

Hope everyone is having a fun filled day off from school.  This weekend we will travel to the University of Maryland for the IMX meet and we would like to set up some kind of plan so that you are somewhat relaxed as you go through the weekend.  The first thing we want you to do is to approach the weekend with an open mind and approach each event separately.  One thing that we have worked on in practice is to stay in the moment.  Work through each event as they come up, and what we mean by this is don’t get wrapped up with Sunday’s events on Friday, you are only wasting energy and becoming mentally fatigued over something that is 2 days off.

Five general things that you should focus on for the events this weekend are

• TIGHT STREAMLINES- let your body flow through the water off the block and every wall
• INCREASE THE TEMPO- as you work through your race don’t forget to find that easy speed on the first 50 because you are already moving fast off the blocks so control it.  As you work through the back half of the race increase that tempo.
• KICK INTO THOSE WALLS-  one thing that I notice is that around the walls we tend to relax and become less aggressive and the result are loss of momentum and slow turns.  Especially in free and back use those legs from flags in and hold that momentum
• UNDERWATER- don’t forget 4-5 second of underwater dolphins off the walls.  The air will be there when you surface.  We promise!
• EMBRACE THE PAIN- stick to your plan and at some point it will not be easy, so embrace the pain, and get after it, and show everyone!