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Hope all of you are enjoying the last few days of your summer vacation.  We hope your summer season went well and you were able to reach some of your goals that you had laid out.  

As the days start getting shorter and the nights a little longer, with the leaves beginning to drop it must be time to turn the page on the past year and look forward to the future with anticipation of the possibilities in and out of the pool.

In about a week you will face the first step in the new season, and it has nothing to do with the pool.  Yes it’s the new school year with all the challenges that will come with it.  Everyone will be starting a new grade level, some may be attending a new schoo, all will have new teachers, and yes we will all be reacquainted with old friends, and will make some new ones.  There will be new lessons to be learned, homework and projects to be completed, an exciting time to look forward to.

In about three weeks it will be time to grab the goggles,cap,snorkel,paddles and kick board stuff them into your bags and head off on that new journey in the pool.  There will be great anticipation a new training group, maybe a new coach.  Questions to be answered such as how will I start?  There are no right or wrong answers but what is certain,is that if you show up with the correct attitude and focus on the purpose of each workout the finish will be in forgettable.



What can you do now to help ease into the new school year?  There are things that you can start doing now to make the transition smoother and less stressful. The first is to start adjusting your body clocks now.   Gradually start going to bed a little earlier each night and getting up a little earlier in the morning.  Do this so that two or three days before school is to start you are on a normal cycle.
Next make sure you start fueling your body properly so that it has a chance to function the way it should. Sometimes in the summer our eating habits tend to get away from us, and now is the time to get them back into check, and as always hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.  And let’s not forget to give our minds a jump start with some light reading that you enjoy before you get the books you don’t like



As for preparing for the pool, you need to get wet.  I would suggest heading off to your summer pools, dive in and go for a little swim.   Start with a 500 followed by alternating a 100 swim with 2 50’s kick.x 5.  Do this 2 or three times a week and it will go a long way in helping that heavy out of shape feeling those first few practices.   It will also go a long way in helping you stay stress free and calm as you start back to school

As we move forward both in school in the pool, Embrace each new day, and stack GOOD PRACTICES on top of each other

                                                                                              




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