Next Week (Updated 4:54 p.m.)

Edits in red:

The pool pump motor is down, so we will not be swimming until that's back up and running.  The water looks pretty good, but that will likely change soon if they don't restore circulation.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for a SCAR* pool this year!

Here's our tentative plan for next week:

Tuesday - Teacher Work Day

Wednesday - 8th period athletics report to gym, short athlete meeting in Blackcat Room at 3:00 p.m.

Thursday - 8th period athletics report to gym, parent meeting in BCHS Cafeteria at 6:00 p.m.

Friday - 8th period athletics report to gym

Saturday - Pool work day** (8:00 a.m. - noon), pizza lunch



*Safe, Clean, Available, Reliable

**If Sweeny Cross Country trip is canceled

Garrett Weber-Gale on Nutrition (Originally posted on 9/21/15)

Former Longhorn Garrett Weber-Gale is one of the smartest, hardest working athletes out there.  Bobby was fortunate to be Garrett's "Locker Buddy" in his freshman year at UT.  He's a great teacher and motivator!

Unfortunately, a battle with high blood pressure almost ended GWG's swimming career...then he got into eating healthier.

Using only the best foods to "fuel" him, Weber-Gale not only qualified for the 2008 US Olympic team, he was a huge part of one of the greatest relays in our nation's history:


2008 Beijing Olympics Swimming Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final from Meazza on Vimeo.
Here's Series 1 of GWG's nutrition videos:








p.s.  Bobby was fortunate to be Garrett's "locker buddy" during his freshman year at UT.  GWG was a great influence on the entire team...especially that Button kid...

GWG - Series 2 (Originally posted on 9/24/15)

Update:

Garrett did some great swim clinics for our club swimmers in Mansfield (MAC) and El Campo (Red Wave).  He makes a positive impression on athletes, coaches, and parents!

He's now coaching with Nitro in Austin.

He still runs a great nutrition site for swimmers (and other athletes) called Athletic Foodie.

Quote of the Week

Throughout my career I swam for

form.  Speed came as a result of it.

Johann Peter Weißmüller,

a.k.a. Johnny Weissmuller

Streamline Shadow

It's easy for the coach to see that her streamline is better.  Her teammates can see it, too:

via Guy Edson

Important Dates & Info

Link to BCISD Athletics forms, policies, etc. are here

Link to All Sports Booster Club is here

Important Dates

Monday, August 21 (8th period):  Swim athletics reports to Blackcat Room 

Saturday, August 26 (8 a.m. - noon): Pool Work Day 

Monday, August 28 (3:00): Athlete Meeting in Blackcat Room 

Thursday, August 31 (6:00 p.m.): Parent Meeting in Cafeteria 

Monday, September 4 (6:30 - 7:30 p.m.):  All Sports Booster Club meeting in Blackcat Room 

Tuesday, September 5 (3:30 - 5:00 p.m.): First after school practice (Also, deadline to have ALL paperwork on file w/trainer)

Update

Men's NCAA 1650 free video (originally posted in March) was pulled by YouTube shortly after it was posted.  Another version of that same race is available:


Definitely worth a look!

Splits for the top three finishers:

6th - 9th Swim Camp

Important!

An email just went out with info on next week's 6th-9th grade swim camp.

Plan for returning 10th-12th graders who'll be helping out is included.

Anyone planning to swim/dive (JH & HS) in the 2017-18 school year should make sure I have both an athlete and parent email address.

Thanks,

Button

From the Archives

Bobby demonstrated a few stroke drills for videos back in '11.  I posted on YouTube, but only told a handful of people.

Playlist, organized by strokes, is here

Quote of the Week

Both success and failure are

largely the result of habit.

via The Spiritual Ninja Within

Napoleon Hill

Quote of the Week

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

via Naval History Blog

John Paul Jones

Quote of the Week

Struggling is hard because you never

know what's at the end of the tunnel.

Donald Jay "Don" Rickles

Quote of the Week

Keep your fears to yourself, but

share your courage with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson

First Day Back

T-30's (w/100 paces & 500 splits)

Viper - 1,850 (1:37.2/100) - 7:56/8:08/8:15

Slasher - 1,825 (1:38.4/100) - 8:15/8:34/8:10

Mauler - 1,575 (1:54.0/100) - 9:06/9:57/9:51


Dry-Land (OYO)

Crunches - Check past emails for weekly check sheet, build numbers gradually

Wheels - Start w/perfect form (straight back!) & build distances gradually

Jump Rope - Quality shoes if on hard surface