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WHAT A WEEK

  End of our third week and looking forward to our first meet of the season next weekend to see where we all stand.  This week let’s really focus in on those little things that can make a difference in your races (should be doing this everyday anyway) Yes that is what I feel like after practice especially those Monday and Wednesday evenings, I’ll sleep where I fall. This past week the Sr. Prep and Junior Gold groups had their first test set of this young season.  What is a test set, you all are wondering?  It is basically a measurement to gauge where you are at a particular point in your season and how you are progressing towards your goals.  Hopefully you listened and went home and recorded how you felt as you worked through the set.  You should have recorded how many of the repeats that you hit our target time and  how many times you missed it. Another thing we are trying to accomplish with a test set is create a competitive atmosphere within the group, similar to on you may encounte

PERFORMING THE SIMPLE TASK

  JUNIOR BLUE CORNER It's been great getting to meet and work with you the past three weeks, please be patient as coach Wendy and I try and put names to all the faces.  We have other groups and sometimes to be honest it get's a little crazy. Coming off your summer season we are sure of this truth and that is you have had to adjust to our coaching.  For these first 3 weeks we have been trying to build a solid foundation with all you that make you a better swimmer this season and especially as you walk into your summer pools on Memorial Day 2022.  What started here will change your swimming and how you race leading not only to more time drops, more ribbons, but a better overall feeling about yourself and your swimming. We can assure you that no matter your age, or your talent level  if you focus on the things we are trying to teach you, you will become a better swimmer. The first thing that we have been emphasizing these first few weeks is how to leave the wall in a proper stream

IT’s JUST PRACTICE

So why do swimmers or for that matter any athlete need to practice so much?  look at that statement on the right, "We practice to make our strokes and races perfect" but is perfect possible.   Perfect is "having all the required or desirable elements, qualities or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be." When you think about it; What is a perfect stroke?  As coaches we all say from time to time during practice; "Focus on perfect stroke during this set."  For myself what I mean is for YOU to focus on getting to your perfect which may be different than swimmer B. Sometimes what is forgotten is that we all come in different shapes, we all have different physical limitations, we all have our own goals, and we are all at different points in our own swimming. Yes, we all want to end up being in the fast lane, winning the heat or winning the event. That is always the "DREAM GOAL" for every swimmer and that is a great goal to have as long as yo

THE FIRST WEEK

Great Job to all Junior Gold, Senior Prep, and Junior Blue swimmers we’ve made it through our first week of practice and those first day butterflies 🦋 are in the rear view mirror with nothing in front of us but great workouts and fast times. It was great seeing all of you again this week as I am sure you all enjoyed getting with your buddies for workouts.  We do have some new mako swimmers in all three groups and it is important that you all introduce yourselves to them and make them feel welcomed.  At the same time let’s work together in helping each other through our workouts with enthusiasm and encouragement. You all did a great job coming back in somewhat reasonable swimming shape although I heard some moans about swimming against the tide.  The first week was set up to allow us all to get our bearings back which for some of us served as a wake up call to what is needed to get back to where we were back in March and April which was race shape.  Don’t be fooled with the difference

LABOR DAY WEKEND WORKOUT

You made it to the last weekend of the summer and now have 2 weeks of school completed.  Enjoy this last long weekend before we turn our attention to practice next week. It look like we are going to get 3 good days of weather so take advantage of the outdoors this weekend, maybe even head to your pools for ONE workout.  I tried to make this workout a fast little sprint workout going into the season.  If you really focus should take about an hour and will get your heart ❤️ rates up.   As we near the start of the season, you have to ask how is your is your first practice going to feel?  Is it going to feel heavy and sluggish almost like your swimming against the tide ?  As you prepare for that first practice remember this; there is more to each workout than swimming back and forth and although the yardage is somewhat important it’s not the end all for your story this year.  It’s about what you do with that yardage, with each set and each repeat.  Focus on how you are swimming, how it fee