Weekly Update #6 Why You Should Sign Up For Another Swim Season

Aquadawgs!

Thanks for another great week of practice. After watching the swim meet and noticing some technical things that needed work, I decided to tone things down this week and really work on technique. The groups worked specifically on the following:

Beginner:

• Backstroke: 
• finishing on our back
• chin up, tummy up, toes up
• straight leg kicks
• Butterfly:
• using their whole body for the dolphin kick
• arms reaching up and over the water
• two hand touches

Intermediate:

• Butterfly:
• arms reaching up and over the water
• two hand touches
• Backstroke:
• rotating
• chin up, tummy up, toes up
• straight leg kicks
• flip-turns
• Breaststroke:
• glide!
• correct timing: pull, breathe, kick, glide
• hips up
• two hand touches
• Freestyle:
• Breathe every 3 strokes
• big kicks
• flip-turns
• IM:
• no flip turns

Advanced:

• Butterfly:
• arms reaching up and over the water
• two hand touches
• Backstroke:
• rotating
• chin up, tummy up, toes up
• straight leg kicks (no knees)
• flip-turns
• Breaststroke:
• glide!
• correct timing: pull, breathe, kick, glide
• hips up
• two hand touches
• pull outs
• Freestyle:
• Breathe every 3 strokes
• flip-turns
• IM:
• no flip turns
• Race Plan:
• Butterfly- good intensity, fast pace
• Backstroke- steady intensity, focus on the kicks
• Breaststroke- increase intensity, push hard
• Freestyle- all out, everything you have left
• Racing Technique:
• fast turnover
• big kicks
• plan only to take only a FEW breaths
• DO NOT breathe out of turn or start
• RACE!

This is a brief list so that hopefully parents can encourage these same things at swim meets and/or swimming on your own. Next week we will increase our intensity again.

As many of you know, there are 2 weeks left of our current season. Sign ups for next season are going on now! Next season is October 14-December 21. Sign up ASAP because spaces are limited. And if you are even a little hesitant to sign up... here is a list of why you should sign up for another swim season.

1. The pool is HEATED
2. Year long tan
3. Coach Alisha will be there
4. Nothing feels better when its cold outside than jumping into a warm pool
5. Swimming is a year round sport
6. Stay friends with your teammates
7. Stay in shape
8. Be able to eat whatever you want during the holidays
9. The TURKEY swim (find out what this is when Thanksgiving gets closer)
10. Swim Meets! (More ribbons, trophies, and high points)
11. Parkas
12. Aquadawg Hoodies!
13. Learn how to balance school and extra curricular 
14. Keep your swimming technique strong
15. To get FASTER
16. Competition
17. Achieve your goals
18. It is great cross training for other sports
19. More blog posts and swim tips
20. Swimming is the best sport!

I hope to see lots of our swimmers continuing on!

Coach Alisha