Weekly Update

Aquadwags!

Last week was a hard one for many swimmers. The practices were the hardest practices we have had all season. That being said, almost all of the swimmers handled it wonderfully!

Beginner group worked on stroke review. Tuesday was butterfly and breaststroke and Thursday was freestyle and backstroke.

Intermediate group worked on IM's with a tough set on Tuesday and put in some freestyle yardage on Thursday.

Advanced group did amazing last week! On Tuesday they swam 2 miles (3300 yards) in a freestyle/IM set and on Thursday they swam 2.5 miles (4000 yards) in a freestyle/IM set. That is a ton of yardage in one week! Even when practices were brutal almost every swimmer got out and said "thank you" at the end of practice. I was very proud as a coach.

High School group worked on IM and freestyle sets similar to advanced group swimming 3000-3500 yards each practice.

This week the yardage will decrease and the pace with increase focusing on more race-paced sets.

REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR SUMMER SEASON. GROUPS ARE FILLING UP AND SOME ARE ALREADY FULL!

Here are some fun articles for the week!

15 Ways Swimmers Do It Much Better

8 Michael Phelps Quotes To Get You Fired Up

6 Ways To Take Your Swimming To The Limit

Coach Alisha
alisha.maxwell@vosymca.org