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YOUR ON YOUR OWN

  This week is our “mid terms” culminating with a championship meet this weekend with our 11 and overs and next week’s meet for our 10 and unders. As we enter the next two meets let stay a little more focused on why your at the pool in the first place.  While we want you to have fun and enjoy yourself, we also want you to remember why your their, to RACE.  Many swimmers swim badly because they allow themselves to become wrapped up in everything and racing because secondary on their agenda.  They forget to go through proper warmups and warm downs especially the warm down.  If your not in the warm down pool right after your swim you’ve missed your window.  I see kids running to talk with friends check their phones pretty much anything other than what they should be doing, warming down.  On the flip side they don’t warmup for that next event and think their bodies are going to be able to do what they are about to ask.  Your mental state also goes a long way in determining how you will pre

Thanksgiving Wishes

  Happy Thanksgiving to all the swimmers from the Senior Prep, Junior Gold and Junior Blue groups.  Thank you all for showing up and doing what is needed to make us all better. You are all wonderful and we hope you enjoy your day off and if you become a little bit fidgety during the day go outside for some fresh air and exercise. Most of all this Thanksgiving instead of counting your laps, just look around the table as you sit down and count your blessings. If your out of town and get that itch to get wet and can find a pool here are a couple of workouts. WORKOUT #1  Warm up 800 200 free (first in the 11) @3:00/3:15 200 IM/free @ 3:15/3:30. Focus on good tight open transitions 200 free (25 kick in 11 25 swim) @3:15/3:30 200 IM (25 kick/25 swim UNDERWATER DOLPHIN KICKS FINS 500 20x25 dolphin kick @40 (odds on stomach evens on back. Must all be fast). Make it all the way if you come up finish fly FREE IM WITH STROKE FOCUS 1800 2x200 @3:15 first and fourth 25 fly 2x200 @3:15 first and fou

BAD RACE

  So, you had a bad race this past weekend.  End of the world, not likely.  Your a bad swimmer, not likely.  Not working hard enough, only you can answer that one but I doubt it.  Just wasn't your day, more likely.  Anyway the positive is that you got to race, something you love to do and you finished unlike these pour souls who never touched the pad. Here is something to put in in perspective, You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.   Think about it for a second. Bad swims can bring about many emotions ranging moping loss of confidence or maybe even thinking your a bad swimmer.  Sound familiar?  First step in dealing with it is to spend some alone time with yourself and mentally evaluate the swim.  A good place for this is in the warm down pool. No one likes the experience of having a bad result and it's human nature to be upset about it. Don't spend a lot of time being frustrated and by all means don't ca

SWIM and Rock Thoughts

  The wrap up from the swim and rock meet this past weekend.  After missing this meet last year it was a great experience.  You all showed up, raced and should be very happy about your performances over the weekend.  A big THANKS to all our parents who volunteered to help out during the meet, we could not have done it without your support. While I watched swimmers race this weekend, ones who have put in the work during the last year and especially during the past 2 months I may have had a tear or two (okay maybe it was the bad air)  thinking back how far you all have come during a very challenging time.  Some conquered new events over the weekend, ones that they would have never dreamed of racing a mere two months ago.  Some of you got to experience coming back and swimming at finals with the "BIG KIDS" in the evening, and yes Petra you can race a 200 fly twice in one day, just ask Coach Peter it was his favorite event. It's always fun to watch our 12 and under's race
 We have a busy week on the horizon as we return to the annual Swim and Rock meet at Oak Marr on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  This meet will be he a prelims and final meet for the 11 and overs on Friday and Saturday. Let's review the procedures for this type of meet. FINALS- On Friday and Saturday the top 8 11-12 year olds and the top 16 13 -14 and 15 and overs will return in the evening to swim in the championship finals session.  If you make finals you must show up to swim.  If you fail to show up you will be scratched from the remainder of the meet.  If your intention is to scratch you must do it within 30 minutes after your event ends.  You must talk to a coach before scratching.  Swimmers from the Junior Gold and Senior prep groups will NOT be scratching and if you need to you better make a good argument. POSITIVE CHECK IN-  Be aware of the events that you need to check in for, normally 200 and above events. This is normally done before you get in for warm ups and needs to

WORKING TOGETHER

  Here we are in November and we are off to a good start with our first few practices with our prep, gold and blue groups.  We hope those of you who were out of school enjoyed the time off and got some extra rest as you head into the next quarter.    In swimming we also are headed into a new phase in our were especially with the gold and prep groups where we will increase our intensity as we head into the next few meets some of which will have a championship format.  Think of these as your midterms as we move closer to our championship season that will be here sooner than you think. We have preached to you all a lot about putting yourself in a position to be successful, and as coaches that is what we try to do during practice especially when we have sets that involve race strategy.  We spent a lot of times working on learning our pacing for your 100's and 200's in the attempt to ease your stress and allow you to swim those events with a lot of confidence.   Some take aways from