WRAP UP AND THE BIG FISH FRY

WEEK AHEAD: All practices will be held as normal for this week.

FRIDAY: June 27 We will have our team picture taken. Please arrive by 8:50 so that we can get organized. WHAT TO WEAR: THIS YEAR'S TEAM SHIRT, AND EITHER YOUR SUIT OR GREEN OR BLUE SHORTS. NO BRIGHT COLORS. This Friday the pool will be closed all day to repair our slippery floors. Rumor has it that Jeff Williams on the floor while running to escape the Potts. This is why we never at the pool. Anyway we need to get this done now so we will be closed and the bathrooms downstairs will not be available. We will be able to use the ones upstairs and on the patio. You may bring your on Friday as we will let you play in the other pool after the team picture until 10:30. We will have and juice for you after the picture.

SATURDAY JUNE28: We have a date with Overlee down Lee Highway. We will all wear our new Team Shirt this week (No exceptions, No excuses). Also look find or make a Green bandanna for your head. Use your imagination, old sheets, old t-shirt, we don,t need to spend money. Yes this is Overlee, but this is just another team and we are going to think of it as a fish fry

SUNDAY: JUNE 29 We will have our Dolphin meet that was rained out last Monday. Warm-ups are at 9:30am and we want to start near 10. We will do IM's first so that you can get out of there.

Hamlet Meet Wrap-up: OK so we lost! Yes it hurts some because as athletes WE are all competitive and want to win, but it won't always happen. Did you know that even though Babe Ruth was the home run king, he was also the out king! As an athlete your always going to get knocked down, but the true champion will pick themselves up and another day. When you give up, quit and don' care that is when you really become a loser! As coaches we are so proud of each and every one of our 's who swam with a lot of and determination.

A TIRP DOWN LEE HIGHWAY

WEEK AHEAD: All the practices will be held as normal for the week. On Friday the pool will be closed all day in order to repair the floors in the bathrooms. It was brought to the attention that the floors are slippery and that Jeff Williams hit the floor the other night. Of course it had nothing to do with the fact that he was running to escape the (black tooth ). That is the reason that we do not on concrete even if we are know as "The Flame".



Friday: June 27 The team picture will be taken, and all swimmers should be at the pool by 8:50am. Please wear this year's team shirt and your suit or white or blue shorts. NO BRIGHT COLORS. We will allow you to swim in the trap pool until 10:00 am. Yes you can bring all your to the pool. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE BATHROOMS. WE WILL HAVE THE TWO BATHROOMS UPSTAIRS AND THE ONE ON THE PATIO FOR YOUR USE. THERE WILL BE NO SHOWERS. After the pictures we will have and juice for you all.



SATURDAY: JUNE 28 Meet in the parking lot at 7:45am for a road trip down Lee Highway to Ovelee for the Flying Fish Fry. It's just another team! everyone is to wear this year's shirt (NO EXCEPTIONS), We need to look like a team. Also find an old green shirt cut it up and make a bandanna for your head.



SUNDAY: JUNE 29 This past Monday night's meet has been rescheduled for Sunday morning. Warm-ups start at 9:30 and the meet will begin at 10:00am. We will do Im's first while they are getting the little ones into heats.



HAMLET WRAP: O.K we lost the meet, but we are so proud of each and every one of you. The 's went in and swam with a lot of and that's all we can do. Our free stylers hit the water and had 30 swims and came away with 25 best times, with Elena S., Logan M., Brandon A., Freddy C., and Maggie M. all winning their events. Maggie Macedonia in winning her event established a new LEE GRAHAM POOL RECORD , . Some other impressive swims were turned in by Newcomers Kate Sanders who dropped over 4 seconds, Hannah Hiscott dropping over 6 seconds, and Reid Back dropping over 3 seconds. We went on to score 35 points in the events to keep the green feet within reach for our backstroke's.

Our Backstroke's had 29 individual swims and posted 24 best times , while scoring 28 points. Winning their events in backstroke were Maddie C., Logan M., Sam B., and Maggie Macedonia again breaking the LEE GRAHAM POOL RECORD (held by Coach Lauren). . Turning in some impressive swims were Noah S. who cracked the 30 barrier for the first time. William A. who dropped over 6 seconds in his race. Catie D. was on dropping over 10 seconds in her race. Nicholas N. also came up big for the Dolphins dropping over 5 seconds. Mitch H. and Meghan A. turned in some great races dropping 3 seconds. Now it was time for the 's to get those legs ready to hit the pool as it was off to breaststroke.

We had 30 individual swims and again the showed a lot of by establishing 25 new best times. Winning their events here were Elena S., Miller Surette establishing a new LEE GRAHAM POOL RECORD held by Brian Schmitt. . Also winning their events were Christie D., and Natalie L. Our Breaststroke's closed the gap a little by scoring 35 points. Impressive swims were turned in by Annette S. dropping almost 4 seconds, Mia C. dropping over 3 seconds, Troy P. dropping over 3 seconds, Carolyn S. breaking that 40 barrier for the first time. It was now time to turn to the sky and let our fliers loose and how they flew.

Our Fliers won the scoring for the week scoring a total of 41 points with 2 less events. Winning events here were Miller S., Maddie C., Christie D., Sam B., Freddy C., and Natalie L.. Also or senior girls of Natalie, Sarah, and Susha finished the individual events with a 1-2-3- SWEEP of the GREEN FEET. Some impressive Fly swims were turned in by Lucas C., Jared B., Nick R., Christine A. who swam up in age and dropped 3 seconds while breaking up a . Another impressive swim turned in while swimming up was turned in by Charlie L., Eva E. had a great swim dropping over 3 seconds.

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS: TOTAL SWIMS 113 BEST TIMES 90

8 AND UNDERS :18 SWIMS 12 BEST TIMES/ 9-10 :24 SWIMS 20 BEST TIMES

11 AND 12 : 25 SWIMS 24 BEST TIMES/ 13-14 :22 SWIMS 17 BEST TIMES

15 AND OVER :24 SWIMS 18 BEST TIMES

BOYS : 56 SWIMS 42 BEST TIMES GIRLS: 57 SWIMS 48 BEST TIMES

LEE GRAHAM DOLPHIN OF THE MEET

GIRL MAGGIE MACEDONIA 2 WINS/ 2 BEST TIMES/ 2 POOL RECORDS

BOY MILLER SURETTE 2WINS/ 2 BEST TIMES/ 1 POOL RECORD

Both of these dolphins displayed a lot of heart in their swims, and also their unselfishness while cheering and supporting their teammates.

"GREEN FEET WEEK"

Happy Father's Day to all our Dolphin Fathers out there!

TIME TRAIL WRAP UP
We haven't had a chance to go over all the times from yesterday yet, but from the coaches viewpoint, all of you did a great job. For the parents information the league is using new software this season so right now they are learning how to set up the programs. We should have the the times posted sometime today.

personal goals

Now that we have some times to work with, we should all be sitting down and coming up with our goals for the season.
What is a goal? For our purpose we have two types of goals, the outcome goal, and the task goals. Most swimmers we have worked with are very good at setting outcome goals; which is directed at the end result. This may be getting our best time, winning the heat, winning the event, making a relay, swimming on Saturdays. These goals are hard to control because they depend on both the ability and skill of you the swimmer and that of your opponents.

However you have more control over task goals because they depend only on your skill and ability. Task goals are what you have to do (physically and mentally) to accomplish your outcome goals. Examples of these goals include being aggressive in and out of the turns, finishing hard into the wall with a strong kick, no breathing at the finish, good breakfast, lots of H2O , proper rest , warming up properly, and coming to practice. All of these will increase your odds of achieving the outcome goal.
Where do we as coaches fit in this process. Let' pretend WE have this great big tree with alot of apples on it, and each of those apples represents our ability as a coach. It contains all of our knowledge, experience, patience, and motivational skills. Each day you come to practice we toss each of you an apple which means you have us the whole time we are there, so that we can work on your goals together. That is what you expect of us as your coaches. What if one day we walked in and say "Boy, I have had a hard night and I'm tired, so I'm just going to cut up the apple and give each of you a small piece. Would you feel cheated? Would you feel like swimming hard? Would we be working on your goals, We don't think so! Ponder that till Tuesday!

UPDATES FOR WEEK:
Practices will move to the mornings starting Monday
13 and overs 7:30-8:40, 9 to 12 year olds 8:45-9:45, 8 and unders 9:45 to 10:30. The Swim School will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only from 10 to 10:45. If you are a USS swimmer and are intrested in doing a 6:30 to 7:30 practice you need to let me know. We have to figure out if the intrest is there.

MONDAY NIGHT: SWIM MEET WITH SLEEPY HOLLOW B&R. iT'S @ LEE GRAHAM. WARMUPS START AT 5:15.
WHAT IF IT RAINS? THE NVSL HOLDS MEETS IN RAIN. IF THER IS A THUNDERSTORM, WE TRY TO WAIT IT OUTWITHIN A REASONABLE TIME PERIOD.

AFTERNOON PRACTICE: IN THE PAST WE HAVE OFFERED A PRACTICE ON tUESADAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN CAMPS ETC. IF THAT NEED IS THERE CONTACT US. THIS TUESDAY AND THURSDAY WE WILL HAVE ONE FROM 4-5 BECAUSE WE KNOW A FEW KIDS ARE NOT FINISH WITH SCHOOL YET.

FRIDAY PRACTICE: WE ALWAYS HAVE FRIDAY PRACTICE FROM 9-10 FOR ALL AGE GROUPS. tHIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY TIME DURING THE WEEK THAT THE COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

SAURDAY MEET: GREEN FEET OF HAMLET @ HAMLET

WE HAVE BEGUN

A LOOK BACK: We now have one full week of practice under our belts, and we have seen a lot of improvement in a lot of areas. The practice attendance has been great but we still our missing teammates. Lets make a effort to get down to the . Those of you who swam this past winter should be very proud of yourselves. The improvement that we have seen in your strokes is tremendous. Turns have been very impressive to this point!

There have been some questions that have come up and we will try to answer a few now. When is Swim School? These swimmers should be coming on Tuesday and Thursdays. Why is my swimmer not swimming with children of the same age? The practice that is planned may have several practices within it. If your swimmer needs a lot of work on techniques than we may have moved them down in order to help them in this area. What about afternoon practices once school is out? If the need is there we will offer something twice a week, but that being said we will have to share the pool with the general membership. This practice would be geared more toward are little as space is very limited.

WEEK AHEAD: We have one more week of afternoon practices and than we will make the switch to the morning's. This week we have asked several of the 12 and unders to move into the 6-7 group in a effort to create a little more room. As you see we are very crowded that first hour, but this is normal until we make the move to the mornings. Other pools have the same problem but they have to squeeze into 3-4 lanes because they only have one pool, but with our board's support we have the entire pool for 2 hours.

SATURDAY: We HAVE OUR TIME TRAILS AND WE SHOULD BE AT THE POOL BY 8:30AM, SO WE CAN START BY 9:00. Everyone should swim at least 3 strokes. If you choose to swim four and we think your ready go for it! Don't worry about being tired for a certain stroke, we are not worried about times as much right now just get in and RACE!

WEEKLY TOPIC: DETAILS
You know we come to the pool for practice 4 or 5 times a week, week after week. Showing up and having the desire to work hard each and every day are two completely different attitudes. Which one do you have? Showing up for practice is the first step of many that are required in this sport! To be successful in this sport you need to be detailed oriented. One of the first details is the area between the wall andthe flags. I would say that in races, , most swimmers have averae walls. They either cut their steamlines short or they relax going into or off of the wall. Instead of thinking of the as an obstacle think of the as an advantage that you have over all the other swimmers, because you have worked YOUR walls better than everyone else. That means during practice that we do not breathe into the finish in all strokes other than breast. We acclerate our kick into those walls. Use our fingertips in a stretch position. Drive off those turns and remember that we are faster under water off the wallls. It takes about 3 seconds for our bodies to slow down if we are in a good steamline position.

Be willing to change something to get better. Right now! If you change nothing You will not improve that much. Some simple things to look, STEAMLINES, STRONG KICK, HEAD POSISTION, PULLOUTS, TURNS ON EVERY WALL., STROKE LENGTH. If we work on these areas alone we will improve as a team!!
atuations to all our seniors, 8th graders, 6th graders, and kindergartners who will be graduating this next week.