WINNING THE DAY

 

Make your bed.  

Sometimes human nature takes hold of our swimming and we get caught looking so far ahead that we forget to focus on the task at hand.

All swimmers want a best time as they step up onto the blocks, but how many of those swimmers are willing to put that effort into each set with focus and determination.

Swimmers know the "RIGHT" way to practice but because it is uncomfortable they choose to take shortcuts such as;

THE BAKERS DOZEN 

1. Not being prepared when you walk onto the deck.
2. Breathing off the walls.
3. Weak streamlines or none at all.
4. No underwater dolphins
5. Leaving the wall on your stomach instead of the ready position. (your practicing 5 turns here)
6. Weak turns.m
7. Coasting to the wall.  Not finishing strong.
8. Making excuses.  (all they are is a made up reason to fail to make you FEEL better)
9. Laziness
10. Carelessness
11. Lack of interest in the details of the set
12. Improper warm up/warm down
13. Lack of respect for the coach and teammates

To WIN that big race at the end of the year, you first have to win the day and each day after that.  Winning the day is about having the right mindset and being focused on the task at hand and putting forth your best effort in completing the task properly with no shortcuts.  It's about accomplishing all those small daily goals and by accomplishing that you are investing in your swimming and that Big Meet.

Have the mindset to do every set/repeat regardless of how hard it is, to the best of your ability.  Excellence occurs when you take care of all the small things practice after practice.  Excellence is in the details.  "Be invested, because when you love the process, you'll love what the process does for you."  But remember "make your bed and you've accomplished the first task of the day

SET OF THE WEEK

Breaststroke stroke count

16x25 strong pull out take 1 breaststroke pull finish free. Add a stroke on the 2nd and keep adding on each  25 until you reach the wall.  Once you reach the wall you have to hold that stroke count on each 25 remaining.  

4x50 alternating 50 back/breast and 50 breast/free. You must hold your stroke counts on the odd ones and try to reduce it by one on the even ones.

1x00 50 kick with boards/ 50 free