“WIN”. What’s Important Now

So, this morning a few of you asked about what events to swim at the December meet.  We want you to think of this as a championship meet and with that it is important for you to be smart when picking events. We will try to answer a few questions here in the hopes that it will help you.   The first thing to discuss is what suit should I wear.  Our suggestion is that do what ever is going to make you comfortable and be able to race fast.  You all know what the right thing to do is. Now when picking your events as we said, be smart. Notice that on Saturday the 13-14 year old events are both in the morning and evening.  Sunday it changes to allow the 15 and over swimmers to swim both in the morning and evening.  The reason for this is to allow us to get more events in and give a feel of a championship meet, where we are swimming both in the morning and evening.  Do I need to swim both sessions on Saturday or Sunday?  We highly recommend that you do to get the feel of a championship meet.  

  With each turn of the calendar page we get closer to saying goodbye to 2020, but first we have Thanksgiving arriving this week so I ask all of you kiddos out there, What are you truly thankful for this year?  We want you to really give that question some thought as Thursday draws upon each and every one of you.  Swimmers are usually up before the sun be it practice or those weekends of meets.  While others are still in bed sleeping take a moment, and instead of feeling sorry for yourself, be THANKFUL for the  opportunity to watch a sunrise while creating memories that will last a life time.   Are you THANKFUl for your teammates,  after all you do spend most if not all of your pool time with these people.  Have you ever just thanked them?  What for you may be thinking  Your teammates are the ones that you are training with and who are there pushing and encouraging you.  Your teammates are the ones who will have your back, no matter what.  As you go through the process  teammates are t

 Meet preparation takes many different shapes, and comes at you in your own individual forms and at different times.  Instead of waiting for the day of a meet to make a plan, we encourage you all to make a plan in advance of the meet. Of course one of the first items to check off is what’s in your swim bag, 2 pairs of goggles, extra caps, and of course an extra suit.  An extra towel and sweatshirt is always nice to snuggle in and stay warm during the meet.  The coaches have a season plan laid out for the group and this meet will help us in adjusting this plan as we head back to practice.   We understand that these meets look different this season but be thankful for the opportunity to race and take hold of that opportunity with a plan to be successful.  This will all pass and if you take advantage of every opportunity that is afforded to you, you will be in a better position both as a young person and a swimmer when that day arrives. When this meet appeared on our calendar, we decided

Last week as we worked through our test sets in the Prep and Gold group we would periodically look at the clock to check on everyone’s effort as the set evolved.  You may have figured out, or maybe not that the green clock also helps the coaches keep track of the groups effort with more consistency.  It makes it harder for you all to  ZONE OUT during the set, and you all know what we mean. We were amazed to watch the last (5) 50’s in the test set when we asked you to really work some magic and drop some time.  We were expecting some 1 and 2 second drops.  The problem arose when we were seeing over 5 second drops in a 50 at the end of a test set.  I’m not sure what you were waiting for other than the fact that you were at that fork in the road with 2 paths to choose from, the easy path or the harder path that involved a little more work and a big effort along the entire path. If the thought crossed your mind that we were going to get in and help you down the pool, you might want to ret

In honor of Veterans Day we will do the following workout to honor all of our veterans in each of our countries armed branches.  Before we do we think it’s important for you to understand the origin of Veterans Day.  WWI know as the “Great War” ended in June of 1919 with the signing of the treaty of Versailles, however the fighting actually ended on November 11th, 1918 when a armistice was signed by all forces to end all hostilities at the 11th hour.  At the time it was  believed to be the armistice to end all wars. November 11 was first know only as Armistice Day, but WWI brought about WWII and soon after we found ourselves involved in the conflict in Korea.  Because of these events the Congress struck out the word Armistice and replaced it with the word Veterans in 1954 and later that year it was signed into law by President Eisenhower and became a national holiday to honor all veterans of the past and also those currently serving our country.  Veterans Day is always observed on Nove

  Some information for you all as we look at our next 2 meets that are on the horizon.  Although the schedule is presenting some challenges this year, let’s attempt to keep it as normal as we can.  That being said as we look at the one day meet in November let’s look at events that will put you in a good position for a GREAT meet in December.   The December meet will be our first 2 day meet since last February and in any other week it falls on the same week as the Sports Fair meet which is our fall championship meet.  We will approach that meet with a championship attitude.  We will practice with that meet ⭕️ on our calendar.  We will continue to prepare for that meet and when the date nears, we will taper a little, we will suit up, we will swim our best events and we will have a good time, be successful and walk away happy 😃 . But coach what about our November meet?  Well guys this is what we call a training meet therefore there will be NO SUITING UP , no exceptions. When signing up

The mindset that one has when arriving for practice goes a long way in determine one’s successes or failure’s during a meet.  You all know this sport well and how you are conditioned to viewing whether a race is successful or not, think about it.  After getting your hand to the wall, where do you shift your attention, the clock.  That clock will tell a story at that exact moment, but what I can tell you is that you start writing that story at practice and it is your story, no one else.  When we scrawl something on the whiteboard or verbally communicate the focus of a set to you, do you absorb it and really work on it, or do you just flush it and go about swimming along the line on the bottom of the pool.   We know your thinking they are on their soapboxes again, but we feel this is important if you truly would like to reach your goals and potential whatever they may be.  Let’s take a step back and look at that scoreboard for a moment.  It is something that all swimmers or most of the

So kiddos today is the last day of your 4 day weekend and it just so happens that it coincides with Election Day.  Have you ever wondered why Election Day falls on the second Tuesday in November giving you a day off from school every year.  Why not the first Monday or for that matter any other day of the week, of any other month. Although it's become more and more easy to vote early sometimes a couple of months before, the first Tuesday of November remains the official day.  But Why November?  Do you remember how Halloween came to be?  Harvest Time.  Yes it has to do with the same thing.  It was that time of the year when all the work for the year had been completed.  Why Tuesday?  Well long before polling places were far away and people had to travel long distances to vote.  For religious reasons people did not want to travel on Sunday and did not want it on Monday  for those same travel reasons, thus we land on Tuesday.   Another reason for that first Tuesday is because November