“WIN”. What’s Important Now

  Our 23 Mako swimmers are posting a lot of best times the past 2 days.  We started with the 500 free for our 11-12 and 13-14 year olds on Friday afternoon and into the evening.  We pretty much all went best times with some huge drops by several of our swimmers. As we head into the final day on Sunday let’s come to race and not worry about posting best times.  Why do I say that?  A few of you come over and the first thing you ask is, Did I drop time?  Sometimes one can be so wrapped up in the results/outcome that they forget to race.  Surprisingly as that sounds it is true.   Putting all that pressure on yourself about a time or the final outcome puts you into a mental state that creates a lot of anxiety and keeps you from performing at the top of your game.  What ever is going to happen in the pool, is going to happen.  There have been a couple of you who I have seen go faster in practice so those times are out there and we just need to mentally figure out a way to grab them. We have

 With the IMX fast approaching I thought it might be time to go over some strategies for this meet with those of you who will be swimming next weekend. First off as you begin this meet let's stay in the moment and focus in on the task at hand.  Let's not get weird and go bonkers with your next events.  Stay in the moment and that goes for each event, take each 25 of your event and work on that, make the turn and move to the next.  Remember to get your 2nd warmup done and go warm down immediately after your event. Coach any suggestions on how I should swim my events? Glad you ask.  After talking to 2 former Mako swimmers who went on to swim in college about their strategies for these events, this is what we came up with.  I did remind them that we are working with 9-14 year olds who probably will be a little nervous or maybe even a complete wreck. FLY EVENTS (200-100)--  The best way is fast with a little help.  The biggest mistake that I see with swimmers at your level not only

  Have you ever wondered to yourself, "How fast can I really go?"  or maybe wondered during practice ""How long can I hold a fast pace?'  Yes your a swimmer, but what kind of swimmer average, good or great. Many of your success or failures as an athlete is determined by your mindset and beliefs. Talent can only take you so far.  Every day you walk onto the pool deck "everything you do, the actions you take, the way you train and perform" are all influenced by what you believe and who you are as a person. Some of the beliefs that you have may be totally oblivious to you in your daily everyday lives.  Here is a small list of some beliefs you may have as a swimmer:   Belief about how many events you can swim in a day and still do well. Belief how fast you think your turn is. Belief how far you can go off the block. Belief that the water needs to be a certain temperature to swim fast. Belief of how much pain your body can accept during training . Belief in

  For all of you all who have signed up to swim this weekend here is some information that you will need. First off positive check in is on line (mako web site should have this) Saturday 1000 free positive check in should be done by noon Friday 1/7 Sunday 1650 positive check in closes at noon on Saturday 1/8 Meet sheets will be available the evening before the meet. This will allow you to calculate the time you will probably swim.  You should arrive no earlier than an hour before your event. What do you need timer/counter (if you don't bring a counter see if you can ask anyone). if there is a problem remember the 1000 is 20 50's.  the 1650 is 33 50's suit  2 pair of goggles 2 caps  lots of effort some speed would be nice When you arrive lets not waste time, hop in and get yourself warmed up.  It looks like we will have 4 lanes for warmup so do the best you can.  Do your meet warm up 300 swim (gold 200) 4x50 descend @50 (gold 1:00) 200 kick (gold 100) 3x50 kick descend @1:00

  Hope you enjoyed your gift of having an extra day of winter vacation today.  We had such a great workout planned for today to help those of you swimming the distance meet this weekend and the 500 the following week at the polar plunge meet.  After careful consideration, okay I didn’t think too much about it at all, we will do todays workout tomorrow for Senior Prep and Wednesday for Junior Gold. In the meantime in honor of our first big snow storm in a while I thought. I would see how quick you are with a dozen snowman and penguin jokes.  ☃️What do you call a snowman in summer? ⛄️What do you call a snowman's dog? ☃️What do you call a snowman 's children? ☃️Where do snowmen keep their money? ☃️What do you call a snowman having a temper tantrum? ⛄️What do you call a winter monster with a six pack? ⛄️Which is faster hot or cold? ☃️Why do penguins swim in saltwater? ☃️How do you scare a snowman? ⛄️What did the penguins say when they swam into a wall? ☃️How do you decorate a snowm

  2022 has arrived!  Here is hoping that your heart gets off to a great start at home, in school, in the pool, and with any other endeavors that you undertake in 2022. Here is the yearly quote to put in your room where you see it often, "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SO PROUD"(note to myself). As we prepare to swim into 2022 I thought it might be fun to discuss “resolutions” for the new swim season.  However, instead of using the word “resolutions” we are going to use a phrase “things I can do to help my swimming”. Personally I’ve never really used the word resolutions as they are usually kicked to the curb after a few days.  It always happens the first week at the gym, it becomes very crowded, to the point of being uncomfortable.  As the weeks pass you start to see less and less people and then all of a sudden by February 1st your back to the normal crowd size.  Now don’t get me wrong I think it’s great that it only took 30 days to get in shape and it will last a whole year 🤪,