HAPPY NEW YEAR

We hope you all had a great holiday season, and got some much needed rest over your break.  It was great to see all of you who made an effort to get in your training sessions.  As of today we have had a bunch of you make all the workouts and I would like to thank you for that effort.

We had some great work mixing in a distance workout followed by a sprint workout.  You all put forth an outstanding effort as we worked through these workouts.

As for myself I took a little time to read over your letters that you wrote back in September with your goals and dreams, and to also see how we are doing as a group in chasing those goals.  After reading through all of them I proceeded to chart out the next 5 weeks of our season starting on January 6 and we will refer to it as the Mako 5 week cycle set.

Yes this is a new year and let’s face it, since the start of time people of all walks of life make resolutions that are for the most part hard to keep.  For us in the swimming community it can be that much harder, what with the crazy hours spent practicing the eye watering workouts, and the sacrificing we do throughout the year for a sport we love.  At this time of the year think of resolutions as part of your goal making checklist half way through the season.

As we talked about back in September these goals help keep you focused and motivated, but let’s face it we’re all human and sometimes we stray off our path and need a jolt to find our way.  These resolutions may provide that jolt!  

Remember the two types of goals that we discussed.  We have our outcome goals which are easy because they come down to the watch, but as I have tried to get you to do is set behavior goals that will help you get to that outcome.  Often times it is something that you as a swimmer need to practice multiple times to produce the outcome your looking for.  So if you are thinking of things you can do to help here are some tips, breathing off walls, aggressive work on turns, pushing through the hard swims with a little more effort, show up with a positive attitude, supporting each other and picking each other up when needed and always being nice to yourself and others.  

As a swimmer thinking about resolutions these are the things you should be thinking about among others that just may get you the outcome your looking for.

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS and HAPPY SWIMMING