WEEK AHEAD: All practices are as scheduled. Note the week of February 24 to the 28 there will be no practice due to the Colonial College Conference Champs at the pool. Next week I will post a few workouts so that you can get into a pool and swim some.PM MEET: Saturday, February 14 and 15 at Cub Run Pool. Warm-ups both days is 12:30 PM. All events are positive check in for this meet.
OBSERVATIONS FROM SNOW MEET: For this time of year as a group we swam very well with over 60% best times. We had several people reach their JO cuts. All the following swimmers went 3 best times for three events: Ally B., Hannah V., Solomon B., Dylan B., Jolly D., Alison S., and Brooke W. 
Something that always happens at this time of year is all the talk about JO cuts. While we are happy about all the excitement we are also a little frustrated. 
What I mean by that is, some of you started thinking about these Cuts in the last few weeks and if you fall into that category you missed the 
Some of you think that just by showing up at practice is enough to swim fast. WRONG! It's is what you do during the practice that will make you swim fast. Ask yourself the following questions; Do I streamline off every wall? - Do I leave every wall hand on top of hand?
- Do I work each and every turn?
- Do I breathe into my finishes?
- Do I stop swimming at the flags or do I swim into the wall?
- Do I drink all my water during practice?
- Do I get in on time?
- If you get in 5 minutes late each day that's 15 minutes a week or more and over 1 hour in a month. One whole practice that you have missed!
- Do I sprint A5 and pace as asked to?
If you can answer YES to all these questions you are in a position to have success. If any of your answers are NO your odds go down.
Have any of you ever heard the term "COACHABLE"? A coachable athlete is a good listener, follows directions, and applies what the coach says during practice. The opposite of this athlete is stubborn, resists, and talks backs or questions the coach. It takes three aspects to be the best coached athlete in their arena; the first And most obvious is the support and guidance that you get daily from your primary coach. Second is coached by yourself, you are your own best coach. when given directions can you and will you coach yourself through the practice with the information? Third is the coaching done by your teammates? The support and encouragement that you give and receive in very valuable during practice or the meet. You may be able to get by for a while when one of the three are working, but when all three are working the results can be great!
For the Senior Prep and the Junior Groups the work for these cuts began on September 15, 2008, which happen to be the first day of practice. Starting with that practice everything we have done in the has been geared to this last month, and "OUR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON" whether it finds you swimming at JO's, Senior Champs, or the Mako Invitational. All three of these meets will have the very best swimmers at your level. Will you be ready? If you have put in the work good things will happen!
has been geared to this last month, and "OUR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON" whether it finds you swimming at JO's, Senior Champs, or the Mako Invitational. All three of these meets will have the very best swimmers at your level. Will you be ready? If you have put in the work good things will happen! The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. AOL Music takes you there.
