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Poseidon this Week: February 8, 2010
Skill of the Week: Turns and streamlines (still need more work…staying here till we get it)
SCHEDULE CHANGES:
Thursday, February 11th 4 – 6 pm - Board practice – Regional and Senior
Sea Turtle & Dolphin – practice as usual
Friday, February 12th 4 – 6 pm – Board practice (Kelli will arrive around 5) – Regional, Senior, & Challenger Racers – practice as usual
Saturday practice February 13th – Regional and Senior – 7 – 9 am
Monday February 15th - Normal practice schedule.
No practice February 26th – 28th; Age Group Invite @ Evergreen College.
MEET ENTRIES:
February Distance Meet – Sunday, February 21st entries due TODAY; 13 & O swimmers; please talk to Audra if you are unsure if you will be required to attend.
Current participants: Abigail Messegee, Emily Adelmann, Hannah Flotlin, Wes Murry, Haylee Bash, Dana Wilson, Tyler Millius, and Whitney Pannkuk.
Age Group Invite Meet – February 26th – 28th @ Evergreen College entries due Tuesday, February 16th. Swimmers must have at least one “Gold” time to enter. If you are not sure if you qualify for this meet, talk to Audra or Kelli. All Senior and Regional swimmers are expected to attend. Here is the list for the AG Invite Qualifiers:
Emily Adelmann Joe Enbody Erin Adelmann Anthony Evans Haylee Bash Joey Evans Hannah Flotlin Matthew Fritz Sarah Flotlin Wes Murry Sierra Forbord Michal Pannkuk Molly Fraley Kelly Giffey Gabrielle Godlewski Samantha Haskett Lily Highet Keesha Matz Abigail Messegee Whitney Pannkuk Zoe Sayler Sophia Som Dana Wilson
I would like all swimmers to attend this meet if possible. This is the last chance qualifiers for most of the swimmers and I am expecting the swimmers to have an awesome meet.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Sea Turtle and Dolphin Swimmers – Due to the number of swimmers in our 5-6 p.m. Sea Turtle and Dolphin groups, we are unable to allow new swimmers to join Poseidon. With this in mind, we are planning to add an additional practice time for Sea Turtle and Dolphin swimmers. Current swimmers will be given first choice for practice times. Please email Audra with your request and any questions.
Choice #1 – Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 – 4:45 Sea Turtle Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 – 5:00 Dolphin
Choice #2 – Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00 – 5:45 Sea Turtle Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00 – 6:00 Dolphin
START PLANNING!!! Moses Lake Meet 2010: July 16-18 J
Poseidon Board Meeting, February 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the Messegee’s.
Please remember to periodically check your folder at the Aquatics Desk.
ARTICLE OF THE WEEK:
Developing Swimmers Progressively We develop our swimmers progressively with great patience. Winning is not an issue with our younger age groups. We want swimmers to be their best in their later teen and college age years. We spend the majority of time with our youngest swimmers developing technique, some time developing endurance, and very little time developing speed. As swimmers become older and more skilled we increase the amount of endurance work, continue to develop technique, and introduce “race preparation.” Racing preparation means learning how to race more than it means high volumes of quality speed work. At older ages and higher levels of skill the emphasis is on racing speed and competition while continuing to build long term endurance and continuing to refine technique and race strategy. On the mental side we want the swimmers to learn to take responsibility for their own performance and to learn the importance and the thrill of meeting challenges straight forward. We also teach swimmers to; learn to read a pace clock and understand time relationships; learn about setting goals and the relationship between work and achieving goals; learn that everyone on the team contributes to each other's performance; and learn a sense of control in pacing swims, sets, and practices. Control allows for the highest levels of work without counterproductive out of control struggling. *** Remember – swimming is progressive and every swimmer progresses at a different rate … enjoy the journey.
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