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PRACTICE this week
There will be practice as normal Mon, Tue, Wed
and Fri, including dryland on Mon and Wed.
There will be NO
PRACTICE on Thursday Nov 5 for Developmental and
Intermediate I swimmers as there is a girls high school meet at the
pool. Practice for Intermediate II and Advanced group swimmers on
Thursday TBA.
There will be NO
PRACTICE on SATURDAY Nov 7 due to the Mavericks
meet.
Meet signup Deadlines
Upcoming meet signup deadlines:
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MIDNIGHT TONIGHT: Lincoln Way Holiday Splash Dec 11-13
@ Lincoln-Way Central HS, New Lenox
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Mon Nov 30: Lake Forest Windy City
Invitational; Jan 9-10 @ UIC, Chicago
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Mon Dec 7: Homewood Flossmoor Swim Club 16th Annual
Hammerhead Challenge; Jan 15-17 @ Homewood Flossmoor High
School.
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Fri Dec 18: JETS Fab Fifties
meet Jan 29-31 at Oswego east high School.
Please note that our signup deadlines are
always several days before we send the entries to the host team. If
you miss the online deadline by a day or so, please contact Nicki
Griffin at nicki@ultswimming.orgto organize entry into the meet. Once our
meet entries have been sent to the host team we will NOT be
entering any more swimmers into the meet.
NEW MEET:
A
new Dual meet with Riverside-Brookfield Swim Club has been added to
the schedule on Sat Jan 23 at 1pm at Riverside-Brookfield High
School (a Dual meet is a meet where only 2 teams
participate).
This meet is recommended for all swimmers, but
those who do not swim in many meets are
particularly encouraged to attend.
Dual meets are great way to get competitive experience in a low
key, fun and non-threatening environment.
Fundraisers
Discount Cards
Noah Silverstein will be at the pool to hand
out cards on Monday, Thursday (if there’s practice for Int II
and Adv) and Friday this week. Parents, if you do not have
your cards yet, please make sure you collect them
ASAP.
If
you already have money from selling cards, please return it to the
yellow envelope labeled Discount cards. Please make sure you put
the money in an envelope with your swimmers name, or your family
name, on the front.
Holiday Pies
This is the last week to get pie orders. Order
forms are due at the pool by this time next week. Please place them
in the yellow envelope labeled pie fundraiser.
Swim Meets
Our next meet is the Maverick Swim Club
Round-Up meet this weekend. An information sheet and entry report
are attached to this email for those who are
attending.
Coaches Tip:
Coach Pierre has come across a video on YouTube
that explains many of the principles behind what he does. It shows
why it is important for swimmers to be at practice regularly, why
practice is broken down into small repetitive steps, why swimmers
need to concentrate on those small repetitive steps, and why he
insists on getting things right in practice The video is from
ABC’s Nightline, and while it is not focused on swimming, the
principles are the same for all sports and endeavors.
Speedo Tip of the Week
Focusing Mentally on Your
Race
This week’s Speedo Tip of
the Week comes from sport psychologist Dr. Alan Goldberg. Goldberg
offers advice on how to focus mentally on your race.
Goldberg’s
Tip:
In relays, swimmers tend to focus more on having fun and their
teammates, rather than on their time or who they need to beat. As a
result, they tend to stay calm and relaxed. However, in their
individual events, their concentration unknowingly shifts to the
outcome or the competition. When this happens, they begin to get
nervous, physically tighten and lose their confidence. Since the
secret to swimming fast is being relaxed pre-race, it is absolutely
critical that you learn to control what you focus on before
and during your individual races. This means that No. 1: You
need to stay in your own lane and just focus on YOU. Forget who
you’re racing, how big or fast they are, and instead keep
your concentration on what you are doing in between your two
lane lines. No. 2: Keep your focus in the NOW. When you mentally
stay in the now before and during your individual events, you will
remain calm and confident. This means that you want to focus on
your race, one stroke at a
time.
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