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 "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.  THE WORD ITSELF SAYS 'I'M POSSIBLE." Audrey Hepburn


CHAMP MEET WRAP UP

Congratulations to all the swimmers from all three groups that participated in the Mako meet over the weekend.  Although I could not watch you all swim in person I followed each of you on Meet Mobile.  It  looks like all of you rose to the occasion and had some great races and I hope some of the things we have been working on were evident in your races.  Those of you who tried new events and distances should be very proud of yourselves for stepping out of your comfort zones.  It will help you tremendously as we move forward.

We had a Great weekend also out at UMD with some great races and some good relays.  Some of you were very good about taking our feed back after a race and applying it in your very next race.  Very exciting to see that response from all of you.

FINALS

Cindy Cai 50 Fly
Maddie Carroll 200 back/ 100 free
 Tyler Harris 100 Free/ 50 Fly
Evan Moh 50 Breast
Anna Roth 100 Breast
Laura Roth 100 Breast and 400 IM



FINALS

Cindy Cai 100 IM/ 50 Back
Maddie Carroll 50 Back/ 200 Free
Tyler Harris 100 IM/ 50 Back
Evan Moh 100 Breast
Nick Harris 500 Free
Serena Howard 50 Back
Anna Rizzardi 200 IM
Anna Roth 200 IM
Laura Roth 200 Breast





FINALS

Cindy Cai 100 fly
Maddie Carroll 50 Free/.100 Back
Tyler Harris 50 Free/ 100 Fly
Serena Howard 100 Back
Anna Rizzardi 100 free
Will Maier 100 back


NUTRITIONAL TIP THIS WEEK

EASTER PEEPS FRUIT KABOBS


Looking for a healthy treat for Easter and spring break.  Try this E aster peeps kabob with your favorite fruits and be sure to savor each piece of fruit before reaching for that peep.















There are times in life when things go off the rails and it is no different for student athletes.  Life happens

and sometimes it throws you a curve that you don’t see coming.

You could have a bad start, a bad turn,  a bad finish or it could be that race that didn't happen the way you thought it should.  Sometimes it could be something as simple as you being off or a little more complicated as your expectations being set higher than they should because the work wasn't put in during training.  It's going to happen and the question is, How are you going to respond?  Make excuses,  Blame someone, Pout.   Now of this will help you during your next race.  In fact Your digging a bigger hole that gets harder to climb out.

Here are a few things that may help you bounce back from a bad race;

Take a Time Out-   Have your parents ever given you a time out when your having a off day.  What they are doing is giving you a moment to gather yourself and calm down.  After a bad race you may have to give yourself a time out to get all that anger and frustration out of your system and gather your thoughts so that you can move on.  Get to that warm down pool and breathe, calm down, relax, cry in your goggles if you must.  After your time out go back to your friends and LAUGH 😆 again.

BE RESILIENT-This can be an unforgiving sport where you will have many races that leave you disappointed and frustrated and how you respond to those races will become more important than the races you win or have best times.  You need to find a way to get up, push through and understand how to control what you can and let everything else slide off your back.  There is no crystal ball that predicts your race.  All you can do is pick your self and prepare for anything that is thrown at you.

MOVE ON--A bad race can leave you demoralized, frustrated and questioning everything.  Don't go down that road because it leads no where.  Instead take the high road and let that race fuel you to get back to training, the next race so that you can enjoy this journey in swimming and see where it leads.

DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY--Bad race come and go.  You miss final by a touch.  You get beat.  It happens and it's usually out of your control, don't take it personally.  It doesn't mean your a bad swimmer, i9t just means that today it was someone else's day.  A bad swim does not define you as a person.  There will be other opportunities.

CHAMP SET FROM LAST WEEK 


8X50 BROKEN ALL FAST ALL CHOICE. STAY WITH SAME STROKE THROUGH EA CH CYCLE
1X15 FOM A DIVE TO 15M mark (great streamline with fast breakouts) STOP
1x25 (from 15M mark to fast turn with breakout to 15M mark) STOP
1x10 (from 10M mark to fast finish) CLIMB OUT





 




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