“WIN”. What’s Important Now

  We hope that your school year started off well this week and that were able to settle into a academic routine which will go a long way to sailing thrthis year.   We also hope you were able to get to your pools for a little pre-season work, we are 10 days out from our first practice and when you get to start writing your own story for the upcoming season. We are going to help those of you in my senior prep Gand Junior gold groups by giving you a little book on day 1 to help you get prepared mentally.  I encourage each of you to make copies of some of the exercises that you will find and use them periodically throughout your journey this season. It’s always fun and exciting to set up goals plan big and dream big as you start out with something new, but just like with New Years resolutions they fade when that excitement wears away an you realize that you’re going to have to work day in and day out if you want the opportunity to be successful.  This is the reason for these exercises and

With the start of a new season staring us down I thought it would be nice to start with a fresh looking for the blog, and as you see I have changed the title.  This blog is yours not mine so I have decided if you all can come up with a catchy title we will go with it, so submit your suggestions to my email.  In order to keep myself out of the “drama” in having to choose I will have my daughters pick the title.  Also if you have topics that you would like to see submit them and I’ll do the work.  Hey kiddos here are 2 very generic workouts that you can be doing the next couple of weeks as you prepare your bodies and minds for the upcoming season.  Take advantage of the warm weather and outside pools while you can and if you need a pool come on over to LG with a friend or two and I’ll get you in, flags are up at one end with your green pace clock always on.  No excuses. WORK OUT #1 Meet warmups  300 free 4x50 free descend @1:00 200 kick 3x50 kick descend @1:15 PRE SET 2 ROUNDS  4x25 kick

Hey all you Mako Blue, Gold, and Senior Prep/Blue Mako swimmers it’s that time of the year where summer is winding down, the guards are ready to blow that last whistle of the year, and you all will be heading back to school.   Enjoy the last few days of summer at your pools and be nice to the guards, maybe even take some bake cookies to them. Take these last few days and prepare yourself for those first few days of school.  Here is a trick to being ready and getting the most out of those first few days.  This may sound silly and some of you may think it’s way out there but I use to like getting up earlier each day the week before to ease the pain of that wake up call on Day 1.  Try it.    We also have the other end of the spectrum and that involves a routine for your bed time, remember as an athlete sleep is vital for your recovery.  This is when your body is able to grow, build muscle and wake up the next day stronger. We are busy planning for the upcoming season and look forward to y