“WIN”. What’s Important Now

  Greatness is built on these words, "I can try". We hope that this issue finds you all well as we head into our third week of workouts and our first competition this coming weekend.  Remember that the season is long and the road will be filled with obstacles and bumps along the way.  A lot of how you do in March and April will depend on how you handle those obstacles and bumps as we wind through the season. There are no shortcuts through this process although swimmers sometimes will look for those shortcuts or an easier way to do something.  Even today at our race day practice at St. James we were going race pace 50’s relay style off the blocks and we had  a couple of swimmers who were not putting that 100% effort into them.  Sure I know you were tired but what are you going to do at the end of a race or a long day of swimming when you are tired?  You just going to pull back and throw yourself a pity party.  There is always a way to get through those obstacles at practice.  

  So I’ve made it this far riding south with the Rockies off to my right just need to find the correct route to go up and over, where is Coach Heather and her GPS not that I would listen to her.   Crossed over into Canada from North Dakota and went west in Canada.to Calgary and turned left south to Billings Montana  This will be our road west. Sun road in glacier national park.  On another note will be ending in San Diego sometime late week.  Hoping to be back by Friday practice but because of the heat we are riding less miles with more breaks.  Will definitely be there at st James Saturday morning barring any catastrophe. Make sure for you prep kids you get a good day of rest tomorrow and a good night sleep.  Get your homework done.  That first day will set the tone for the entire year.  The gold and blue groups let’s get some rest, get your homework 📚 done and set the tone for a successful season on day 1. Remember our motto “WIN”

  With summer now officially over and with most summer pools shutting their doors it’s time for us to really switch our focus and get ready for our season. Always a bittersweet moment as I hate to see these outdoor pools closed as I personally will miss seeing our great staff and all of the kids on a daily basis but it’s time as it gets harder to staff these pools especially if you have 2 front desk and snack bar.  Tuesday will be spent putting furniture away but no covers as I hope to swim outdoors until October. As you all start your 3rd week of school now is the time to make sure we all have established good routines like getting our proper amount of rest, setting good nutritional habits, drinking lots of water and keeping up with our school work.  Why is this important?  Next week you are going to throw swimming into your routine so let’s make good choices so we don’t get behind.   Don’t forget “WIN”. MAKO FALL INVITATIONAL MEET Our first meet is just around the corners so let’s se

  Have you ever thought about how everything that you do in practice has a ripple effect on your races in competition?  This ripple effect has a direct relationship on all of your competitions starting with the first day of practice.  Are you ready to commit and take your swimming to a new level beginning on that first day of practice. As you begin to think about the start of our season put some thought into the skill set that is holding you back and creating that ripple effect.  It a could something as simple as a streamline off a start or a turn.  What about your breakouts off the walls?   Is the momentum into and out of your turns holding you back? how is your finishing kick Ito the wall? "LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED THIS SEASON".  As I said last Saturday everything that you do from that first day of practice will have a direct impact on all your races throughout this season.  I know I';m getting ahead of myself but it happens every year, swimmers wait until the February