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CONTROL and ADAPT



So now we are beginning to understand the obstacle that life and the world has thrown us.  No school or swimming for all of us for a while so what can you guys do to help yourselves stay in a regular routine during the next few weeks?  It's easy to become complacent and lazy when our routines are upended.  Yes it might be nice not to get up for a 5 AM practice, and then head to school, but after a while you probably start to feel that there is something missing in your routine and your personal lives.  This also involves your day after practice which includes your school work.

We have had those talks where it is important to have that mindset of controlling only the things that YOU can control in the pool and outside of the pool.  The controllable things in your life and in swimming are just a part of your every day world,  there are always those uncontrollable obstacles that life throws at you.

Many of you are disappointed and frustrated, all normal human emotions.  Your coaches would worry about you if you didn't experience those feelings, but now the time for your self-pity party are over, hope you enjoyed it.  Your not in this alone, it encompasses kindergarteners to high school seniors to college seniors, from 8 and under all the way to Olympians throughout the world and the way we move forward is as a team reaching out and supporting each other.

 In times like this you need to develop the ability to adapt to the situation in the best manner you can, and if you can do that you will come out of this a better person.  With the help of your parents and teachers I am sure you have already heard about having a routine set up.  The biggest mistake that one could make during this time, is to become complacent or a couch potato and do nothing.

The first step is that of setting up a daily routine a schedule and becoming consistent with that schedule every day. Remember when things were normal and you went to bed and woke up at the same time, ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same time.  Your day involved going to school, attending class at set times.  You participated in your sports, clubs and activities at a certain time throughout the day, and yes today your life has been turned upside down, but now is the time to get back to work and set up a normal schedule and routine in your life, be it at home. Below I will outline what a daily day might look like, but by no means is it set in stone.  This is just an illustration, a template to use or not use.

Wake Up:  Between 7 and 8
Breakfast:  20- 30 minutes
Shower and wash those hands 10-15 minutes (of course Adrian will need more time with his hair) Seriously man your not going anywhere 
School Time- 3 hours reading, projects, papers
Snack Time 5 minutes
Work Out Time- 60 to 90 minutes
Free Time- 10 minutes
Lunch Time- 30-45 minutes
Afternoon School Time-2-3 hours
Snack time-10 minutes-
Free time-
Dinner 20-40 minutes
Wind down for the evening- read a book, explore u tube for a topic that interests you
Bed Time

 To help you in setting up your personal schedule, sit down and make a list of what you did Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and how much time you spent doing it.  After this is done you will get a true look at what you need to do to come out of  this a better you.

You have the greatest power right now and that is the power of choice.


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