Poseidon this Week:      March 8, 2010  

      

Skill of the Week:          Perseverance  

 

SCHEDULE CHANGES: 

                                                                                                             

No practice Monday, March 8^th – Pool Closed

 

No practice Thursday, March 11^th – Senior Sectionals Meet

 

No Saturday practice March 13^th – Senior Sectionals Meet

 

No Saturday practice March 20^th – Age Group Sectionals Meet

 

No practice March 27^th – April 4^th – Spring Break

 

MEET ENTRIES:     

 

Senior Sectionals – entries closed.

 

            Qualifiers:  Joey Enbody and Abigail Messegee

 

Age Group Sectionals – entries closed.

 

            Qualifiers:  Emily Adelmann, Hannah Flotlin, Sierra Forbord, Matthew Fritz, Kelly Giffey, Samantha Haskett,  Michal Pannkuk, and Whitney Pannkuk.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION: 

 

Congratulations!  Abigail Messegee was listed in the “Top 100 Swims” of all time for her 200 BK.  Abigail has the 85^th fastest swim of all time for USA swimming for 11-12 girls. 

 

 

Team Pictures – Wednesday, March 17^th at 4 p.m. at the pool, please wear your team suit or practice suit. ALL Poseidon swimmers should attend. Photo envelopes will be available from your coaches or will come home with your swimmer.   

Sponsors:  If you have a corporate or business team sponsor, please send the company’s information to Wynn Highet.  She is trying to update our website and needs the company information and logo.  If you have any questions, email Wynn at wynnettehighet@gmail.com.

 

 

START PLANNING!!!  Moses Lake Meet 2010: July 16-18  J

           

Moses Lake is the #1 travel meet of the year…if you have never attended this meet, you are missing an awesome time!  Sun, swimming, food, and friends – what could be better; ALL Poseidon swimmers qualify for this meet.  Start planning early…hotels fill fast. 

Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce:    http://www.moseslake.com/

 

Deanna Rueda has secured 10 rooms for Poseidon at the Ramada Inn in Moses Lake for July 15-18.  The room rate is $89.99 per night and includes a hot breakfast.  If you are interested, please contact the hotel directly and secure your room under your name.  Ask for the Poseidon rate.  Hurry – these are going fast!

 

If you are interested in camping, contact Audra with any questions, or contact the RV Resort directly.  When making your reservation, mention you are in the “Poseidon Group”.  The resort is filling up…be sure to call and make your reservations a.s.a.p. We had 8 camping families last year and we would love to have more this year. 

 

Resort information:        Suncrest Resort, Moses Lake   509-765-0355

                                    http://www.suncrestresort.com/contact.html

 

 

Poseidon Board Meeting, March 1^st at 6:30 p.m. at the Messegee’s.

 

Please remember to periodically check your folder at the Aquatics Desk.

 

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK:

 

Keys to Success, with 2008 Olympic medalist Margaret Hoelzer

1. Have fun. I think people start doing a sport because they love it. Keeping it fun and keeping that love alive is extremely important because otherwise, you will ultimately hate it and you will quit. There’s a mistaken idea out there that if you are successful at something you will enjoy it. I think it’s the other way around – if you enjoy it, you will be successful.

2. Keep perspective. Swimming is not who we are. Rather, it is what we do. It’s a part of us, but it doesn’t define us completely. Fear and pressure – all of that is derived from perspective being lost or things getting blown out of proportion. There are a lot of worse things in life than not winning a race or not making the Olympic Team. Get rid of these external negative things that eat away at your confidence.

3. Be open to change. This means knowing yourself and being able to accept that life is about change. You have to know your priorities and what is best for you. That constitutes knowing when you need to make a change and when something is not working.  You can’t be afraid to try something different, like when your coach suggests trying something a new way. It might also mean keeping something the same regardless of what people around you are telling you – not making a change when a change isn’t warranted.

4. Take ownership. Life is a continuous learning process. You never completely know everything, not even about yourself. But as you get older, you should be getting more in tune with yourself. You are a work in progress. You have to take ownership of what you do know. Swimmers get lost out there sometimes. They’ll say things like, “I don’t know that much.” If you know how to swim at all, you know something. Take ownership of the things you know, but also take ownership of the fact that you don’t know everything, and keep learning from informed sources.

5. Be open to evolving. The sport is continuing to evolve, and we have to, as people and as swimmers, evolve. Some of that is technique changes. Even Michael Phelps is changing his stroke.  If you want to get better, sometimes you have to evolve and develop new strengths or new techniques. Michael Phelps can get better, and not just in freestyle. If he wants to beat his best times in his other events, he’ll have to get better in those events, too. In my event, some of the best backstrokers in the world had a shallow catch, then they all had a deep catch. You have to keep an open mind toward change. Even the best in the world are constantly trying to get better.