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Hey Sailfish Families, Due to the freezing temperatures expected tomorrow morning, the Sendero pool will stay closed on Saturday, 2/22. Keep warm, and we’ll see you Monday! - Coach Alec
The Sendero pool is closed today and Friday. no classes Thursday and Friday and Saturday is looking questionable. You can do make up classes next week when it will be much warmer. Coach Chris
Hey Sailfish Families! Senior Champs: This past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was the Senior Champs prelims and finals meet for swimmers aged 15 and older with at least an A cut. Congratulations to Allison Walker, Norah Harkin, Colby Nash, and Levi Wilson for making it to the meet despite the demanding high school regional and state schedules! Even with A, B, C, D, and E finals, breaking into the top 40 was no easy feat. - Norah made it to finals in the 200 Back. - Allison qualified for finals...
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For anyone new to USA Swimming, meet entries and fees can be a bit confusion. Sorry for the delay in getting this note out about meet entries but the USA Swimming registration process has been particularly challenging this year. Since no one is supposed to practice or attend meets without being recognized as registered by USA swimming, that has been the priority. Now that we are through that process let us look at meet entry. Meet entry begins with swimmers selecting “attending” or “not attending”. Then when the meet entry...
We may be out of a practice pool for a few days because of hazardous weather but that does not mean you cannot do some very important training. Actually, the most important training is training of the mind. The following is an exercise and a visualization review of our 8-step process. For your races write down your splits needed to reach your goal time. Focus on the effort and technique needed to hit those splits. (Visualization part 1). Mental exercise. Close your eyes, swim your race in your head paying...
There is a great deal of what I teach on deck (based on decades of experieince) in the following article by Oliver Poirier-Leroy. Sometimes you just need to hear it from someone else. Perhaps an article on Caleb Dressel ? Check it out at the link below. Caeleb Dressel: Carry a Big Kick and Bigger Goals (yourswimlog.com) Coach Chris
“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” MICHELANGELO
Following up on our talk about carrots, egss and coffee beans here are 6 thoughts on hard work from the Oliver Leroy newsletter. Coach Chris --------------------------------------------------------- As a swimmer, you know that working hard is important. It’s usually the great equalizer, the key to success in the water. But hard work is worth more than just fast performances on race day. Hard work expands your horizons. Consistently giving a quality effort shows you what is truly possible versus what you think is possible. Hard work gives you the chance to...
