On November 11th only Senior and Senior Development swimmers will be swimming all others have the day off.
Our AM practice is at the regular scheduled time for Senior and Step up swimmers. I will open it to all senior swimmers as it is a holiday. I would encourage you to set up some kind of team/group event for during the day, maybe a post practice breakfast or afternoon movie prior to the start of afternoon practice but this is up to you.
In the afternoon both groups will have dryland starting at 4:15 and will swim from 5:15-7:00pm.
BE THERE!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Owning your swimming
Take pride in your swimming and care about what you are doing. The more you care about what you are doing the more the coaches will care and the better you will perform.
With Silver Tide we pride ourselves in developing better people through swimming and instilling the life skills that are necessary to be successful in all aspects of your life. Time management, a desire to succeed and do your best along with self responsibility top the list of skills that we want you to have when you leave our program. This message is about self responsibility.
As a student, especially in highschool when you have too many unexcused absences you receive a suspension and if you miss a test or assignment on one of those days more often then not you will also receive a zero for that test or assignment (this will vary by school). When you have a job if you just decide not to show up one day or send a message with a co worker to the boss that you will not be coming into work today you may get a warning or maybe not and then you will be fired. This is life and I want all of you to use this skill in all aspects of it. As members of the senior group, YOU need to be equally responsible towards your swimming (not your parents). There are many means of letting me know, e-mail, text etc all you have to do is use them.
By doing this you show that you are responsible and have thought out your decision not to attend. This demonstrates how much you care and value your swimming and as a result tells me how much the coaches and your parents should care about your swimming.
With proper time management skills little if anything will get in the way of your swimming if you truly value it and if something does come up odds are it did not happen just before practice.
To hold you all to this starting in November I will be publishing monthly attendance and will seperate the informed and uninformed absenses. This is simply to hold you accountable for your swimming and to help you understand how much you have actually missed or how dedicated you actually are.
Most if not all of you are already training as fast as you ever have. This is a great sign as we head into our first year as a large club with Westerns and Age group trials in our own back yard this swim season it is time to really keep the Tide on the rise!
With Silver Tide we pride ourselves in developing better people through swimming and instilling the life skills that are necessary to be successful in all aspects of your life. Time management, a desire to succeed and do your best along with self responsibility top the list of skills that we want you to have when you leave our program. This message is about self responsibility.
As a student, especially in highschool when you have too many unexcused absences you receive a suspension and if you miss a test or assignment on one of those days more often then not you will also receive a zero for that test or assignment (this will vary by school). When you have a job if you just decide not to show up one day or send a message with a co worker to the boss that you will not be coming into work today you may get a warning or maybe not and then you will be fired. This is life and I want all of you to use this skill in all aspects of it. As members of the senior group, YOU need to be equally responsible towards your swimming (not your parents). There are many means of letting me know, e-mail, text etc all you have to do is use them.
By doing this you show that you are responsible and have thought out your decision not to attend. This demonstrates how much you care and value your swimming and as a result tells me how much the coaches and your parents should care about your swimming.
With proper time management skills little if anything will get in the way of your swimming if you truly value it and if something does come up odds are it did not happen just before practice.
To hold you all to this starting in November I will be publishing monthly attendance and will seperate the informed and uninformed absenses. This is simply to hold you accountable for your swimming and to help you understand how much you have actually missed or how dedicated you actually are.
Most if not all of you are already training as fast as you ever have. This is a great sign as we head into our first year as a large club with Westerns and Age group trials in our own back yard this swim season it is time to really keep the Tide on the rise!
It has been way too long
Hello all, it has been much too long but you will be seeing weekly updates from here on out so keep posted.
I would like to start by awarding the senior group swimmeet awards from our last 2 competitions. I will be awarding the swim of the meet award, swimmer of the meet award and the opps card.
For the Octoberfest at Kinsmen the boys both shone and faltered. Nathan had a fantastic meet with all huge best times in the 100 free by over a second, the 50 back and the 200 IM by over 6 seconds to earn swimmer of the meet.
Greg also had a very strong showing including a 50 breast stroke that puts him within striking distance of age group nationals. A very big feat considering he did not have an B time in the event last year.
Then there was the ever reliable Zac. Ever the social butterfly, after 2 solid swims himself he let the girls distract him and missed his 100 freestyle, OOPS!
The Goldfins meet was our first real test of the swim season and it came only 3.5 weeks in and after only 1.5 weeks of morning training but the swimmers all still did very well and walked away with some great swims.
Swimmer of the meet hands down goes to Greg, 100% best times and second swims in all possible races. Not being used to the busy evening schedule and with it being so early in the season there were some ups and downs but all in all a fantastic performance at anytime in the year.
For swim of the meet I would like to award Rachelle, she had a great start to the meet with a huge best time in 200 IM taking off over 3 seconds for her first best time in the event short course since March of 2007.
The OOPS goes to a particular 100 free. It wasn't a bad swim or a bad time but this individual found a way to swim drastically different on each of his 4 25's, breathing every 3 one way, breathing every 2 another way, using a combination of the 2 styles on another 25 and then resorting to straight are plowing on the final 25. Earning the OOPS, Brayden McCaul.
Be sure to keep posted.
I would like to start by awarding the senior group swimmeet awards from our last 2 competitions. I will be awarding the swim of the meet award, swimmer of the meet award and the opps card.
For the Octoberfest at Kinsmen the boys both shone and faltered. Nathan had a fantastic meet with all huge best times in the 100 free by over a second, the 50 back and the 200 IM by over 6 seconds to earn swimmer of the meet.
Greg also had a very strong showing including a 50 breast stroke that puts him within striking distance of age group nationals. A very big feat considering he did not have an B time in the event last year.
Then there was the ever reliable Zac. Ever the social butterfly, after 2 solid swims himself he let the girls distract him and missed his 100 freestyle, OOPS!
The Goldfins meet was our first real test of the swim season and it came only 3.5 weeks in and after only 1.5 weeks of morning training but the swimmers all still did very well and walked away with some great swims.
Swimmer of the meet hands down goes to Greg, 100% best times and second swims in all possible races. Not being used to the busy evening schedule and with it being so early in the season there were some ups and downs but all in all a fantastic performance at anytime in the year.
For swim of the meet I would like to award Rachelle, she had a great start to the meet with a huge best time in 200 IM taking off over 3 seconds for her first best time in the event short course since March of 2007.
The OOPS goes to a particular 100 free. It wasn't a bad swim or a bad time but this individual found a way to swim drastically different on each of his 4 25's, breathing every 3 one way, breathing every 2 another way, using a combination of the 2 styles on another 25 and then resorting to straight are plowing on the final 25. Earning the OOPS, Brayden McCaul.
Be sure to keep posted.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Parents meeting
I will be hosting a parents meeting up the stairs in the lobby at Millennium on Wednesday Oct 8th from 5:45-6:15pm. All families should be represented.
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