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Hello Neptune Families,
We are coming upon the end of the 2008-2009 season and are
currently in the championship time of the year. After this phase of
the season all members of the team take a little break away from
practice and competition. The coaching staff cannot stress enough
the importance of taking a break from the rigorous training
schedule that we maintain 11+ months each year. We encourage the
athletes to take this time away from swimming to hang with friends,
get into the new school year and act like normal school age kids.
If your kids feel they need to do some exercise during this time,
take them on a hike, bike ride or a pick up basketball game, do not
take them to the pool to swim.
The coaches
take this time to recharge their batteries in anticipation of the
upcoming season. From a coaching perspective, the time out of the
water allows athletes to come back in the new season with a desire
to fix the bad habits picked up over the course of the previous
season. When everything feels off, kids are more likely to make
changes to try to get the “feeling” back.
Here is the break
schedule by groups:
Ridgway:
Elite – August 3 – 30 (Junior National kids will break
from Aug. 15-30)
Black – August 10 – 30 (Junior National kids will break
from Aug. 15-30)
Gold – August 10 – 30
Silver – August 10 – 30
Blue – August 10 – 30
White – August 10 – 23
Bronze 2 – August 10 – 23
Red 2 – August 10 – 23
Bronze 1 – August 10 – 23
Red 1 – August 10 – 23
Seahorse 2 – August 10 – 23
Seahorse 1 – August 10 – 23
NOTE: Week of August 10 – 14 an optional
lap swim will be offered for all Neptune athltes at the Healdsburg
pool from 4 – 5:30 pm with coach Laraine & coach
Lizzy.
***Practice times for the fall of ’09 season will be posted
asap***
Healdsburg:
Blue – August 10 – 23
White – August 10 – 23
Red – August 10 – 23
Seahorse – August 10 – 23
NOTE: Week of August 10 – 14 an optional
lap swim will be offered for all Neptune athltes at the Healdsburg
pool from 4 – 5:30 pm with coach Laraine & coach
Lizzy.
***Practice times for the fall of ’09 season will be posted
asap***
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