Saint Pete’s Meet

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails."

Six days of hanging with swimmers, teammates, friends, clipping and getting clipped and taking on the clown to the left or right and racing.  Watching the sunrise over the bay behind the pool during the 13 and over warmups, having a thunderstorm pop at finals on Thursday night and swimming relays at the end of finals on Saturday night during a torrential rain storm.  All of that and one of our swimmers asked how they looked in the relay, “ um” you looked wet that’s about all any coach could see no matter where they were.

We can now close the book on our 2025-2026 short course season.  Each swim season is a story with ups and downs bringing all of the emotions with them.  A single meet or race is part of that story and 

not the story. 

 We have set the foundation and given you some tools to work with and now it's for you to decide how much work you want to do to strengthen your foundation as you begin to formulate bigger and bolder dreams to fill in the pages of your next chapter.  Don't forget every swimmer grows at a different pace and will hit peateus at different times throughout a season.  Your value as a person is not tied to winning medals or your times and this is important for your long term confidence as a swimmer and an individual in todays world.  

Our last three meets over the past few weeks have brought a wide range of emotions; pride, disappointment, relief, excitement, frustration and it's okay to feel all of it.  It shows you care, and being able to process your emotions is a huge part of being a swimmer.                         

Looking back at your season  it was awesome watching you take risks with new events and distances and how you attacked those oppurtunities and the resilience you had after a tough swim.  It has been fun watching the effort you put into the season and watching you grow into who you are today.                                                                                                                                                                                          

 NUTRITION CORNER

A good spring time lunch for swimmers should hit three targets right away: carbs for your energy, lean protein for your muscle repair and colorful produce for both your vitamins + hydration..

GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD which has all the following:

• chicken
• mixed spring greens
• cucumbers
• whole grain crotons
• vinaigrette

Don't forget to KEEP HYDRATING throughout the day.  Spring time brings the warmer weather  + more outdoor time in the sun.

SET OF THE WEEK

This set is to reset and recover after meet and spring break.  Not meant to be a grind.

FOCUS: Get moving again.  Flush out the fatigue and soreness in your body.

GOAL: To be feeling good when walking off deck.

WARM UP

400 SWIM (150 FREE/150 BACK/100 IM (stay smooth and relax with long strokes

2x

  4x50 (25 free/25 kick on stomach and sculling slowly out front)

  4x50 free to back 

  4x25@30 build to strong but stay relaxed

AEROBIC SET

5x100 free

4x100 IM (do not sprint fly Everything else 85%

3x100 free but hold breathing pattern3/5/3/5

TECHNIQUE RESET (2 rounds of this)

4x75 (25 drill/25 swim/25 perfect stroke) rotate thru IM STROKES

4x25 IMO @30 at 95%

20 seconds rest

LITTLE SPEED SET

16x25 (25 free fast to 15m SMOOTH TO WALL  Odds smooth no free and no primary stroke

SWIM DOWN

200 smooth free/back by 25 tight open turns

4x25 @40 UWD to 12.5 smooth swim to wall

100 (75 back swim 25 double arm back

TRIVIA MAIL BOX        

Last week answer was D The second 50

This week question is; What is the standard temperature for a professional competive swimming pool?

A)75-78 degrees

B) 77-82.4

C)80 degrees

D) 78-82 degrees

Don’t forget no devices allowed