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The once a year team spirit wear is here! Since it is only once a year, plan for the school year, next summer, birthdays, holidays and extended family. We are expanding the selection of colors and styles. Monday at practice we will have some samples to look at. All purchases will done online with our square account. https://sailfish-spirit-104852.square.site/s/shop
South Texas Swimming LSC Voting now open for STX Athlete Representatives Club Contacts, please forward to your coaches and to your Athlete members who are ages 13 & older. Thank you. Hey STX Athletes! It's time for you to elect two new athlete representatives to the STX Board of Directors! To be eligible to vote, you must be at least 13 years old and a STX Athlete member in good standing. Voting will be open until September 24. A link to the voting ballot and to bios provided by the...
Congratulations to our Long Course Meters Swimmers for setting 11 records and earning 8 IMR and 4 IMX Certificates. Record Breakers, Elleana Stoval in the 100 Back. Adaline Chartier in the 50 and 100 Breast, Ailsa Karvenz in the 50 and 200 Breast, Zoey Geron in the 800 and 1500 Free, and Hannah Menchaca in the 50 Back and 50, 100 and 200 Fly. IMR swimmers, Zoe Geron, Ailsa Karvenz, Hannah Menchaca, Evie Morrow, TJ Shearer, Amelie Stoffels, Eliana Stovall, and Piper Tripp IMX swimmers, Zoe Geron, TJ Shearer, Amelie...
To access the team store, please click the link below and create a new account with the access code: 02402 teams.tyr.com When logged in to your account, you will now have access to 25% off all non-custom items and 10% off custom items!
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...
