Another Busy Week

Below is our tentative schedule for the week, along with some info on the district meet.

We'll have more athlete travel info later in the week.

Monday

Swim/dive 4:00 - 5:00

Tuesday

8th period & after school swim/dive until 4:00

Wednesday 

8th period & after school swim/dive until 4:00

Thursday 

Divers at District
8th period to B228

Friday

Swimmers at District

2017 District Squad

2018 District Championships

Victoria Aquatic Center, 1006 Sam Houston Drive, Victoria  77901

Medals for 1st - 3rd, Ribbons for 4th - 8th

Top six (6) in each event advance to region.

Diving

Thursday, January 18

2:30 p.m. warm-up
3:30 p.m. start

Swimming

Friday, January 19

Admission - $6.00 for adults, $300 for students
Heat Sheets - $4.00

Concession stand will be open and district meet shirts will be available.

8:30 a.m. Introductions/Senior Recognition
9:00 a.m. warm-up
9:50 a.m. coaches' meeting
10:00 a.m. start

Quote of the Week

It is the time you have devoted to your

rose that makes your rose so important.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Busy, Busy Week!

For fans traveling to this week's meets, here are locations & start times:

Tuesday (S/D) - LCISD Natatorium (1011 Horace Mann Ave, Rosenberg  77471) - 5:30 p.m.

Friday (D) - Manvel HS (19601 Highway 6, Manvel  77578) - 10:00 a.m.

Saturday (S) - Manvel HS (19601 Highway 6, Manvel  77578) - 9:30 a.m.


Monday

8th period dry-land ("A" day)
After school swim/dive until 5:00

Tuesday

8th period in B228, then trip bus leaves at 2:45
Trip bus arrives at pool at 3:00
Trip bus leaves pool for meet at 3:25 
Tri-Meet vs. Lamar/Brazosport in Rosenberg

Wednesday

8th period dry-land ("B" day)
After school swim/dive until 5:00

Thursday

8th period dry-land ("A" day)
After school swim/dive until 5:00
Handouts:  Alvin Classic travel info, Taper calendar, & Taper/Shave info

Friday

8th period dry-land ("B" day)
After school swim/dive until 4:30
Divers at Alvin Classic

Saturday

Swimmers at Alvin Classic


 

Quote of the Week

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

 

Donald Henry Rumsfeld

Test Set Averages

HS Girls

FV - 1:09.5*
HS - 1:11.2
GV - 1:13.8
SA - 1:18.8
AM - 1:29.8
BR - 1:31.6
CR - 1:42.4
ST - 1:56.4

HS Boys

SE - 1:18.6
JW - 1:21.8
CA - 1:23.6
ZH - 1:25.0

JH Boys

MV - 1:14.0
BO - 1:26.4
FR - 1:34.4
DD - 1:44.0


*4

Great Race Videos

2017 World Champs race video links:

Page 1

Page 2

Quote of the Week

If I don't push you, I'm cheating you.

via SB Nation

Thomas Michael "Tom" Izzo

Friday Afternoon

16 - FV, GV, MV
11 - CR
7 - SA, DD
6 - MB, HS
4 - SE, AL, AM
3 - ZH, ST, JW
2 - CA, BR
1 - FR

Broken Work

Group did some good broken swims this a.m.

Posted above pic on Facebook this a.m.

Here are a few comments from other swim coaches:

PH

Congrats to those who stepped up. Taking advantage of opportunities is key to success.

DA

Skipping bc it's "too cold"? There's only one person who's cold at these glorious training opps, and he/she is the one with the stopwatch! We have sunshine and I've even removed my gloves and jacket #1. Must be in Miami Beach! 

AC

I had 7 yesterday and 8 today take advantage of having an indoor pool.

CB

I remember the days!

CW

As a swimmer who trained outside the majority of his life, I understand how temperatures, both hot and cold can effect your desire to train. But....there's countless farm boys and farm girls that are feeding livestock and working fields in this same weather for much longer hours. I doubt they got congratulations when they finished and will guess that they don't wake up to "recovery" days after a rough day on the farm. Had a kid ask if he could get out of workout early one cold winter morning a number of years ago. I asked if he wanted to crawl back into his warm bed. With a straight face he said "Naw...I've got 240 square bales to stack and if I don't get a jump on it before school, I won't be able to finish it up before afternoon workout. That's a kid who's employable, that's a kid I want voting, that's a kid who put family first and self second. We are truly privileged to coach some of the finest individuals the world has produced.

15 - FV, GV, MV

11 - CR

7 - SA

6 - MB, DD, HS

4 - SE, AL, AM

3 - ZH, ST, JW

2 - CA, BR

1 - FR

 

Five Brave Swimmers

13 - FV, GV, MV
10 - CR
7 - SA
5 - MB, DD
4 - SE, AL, HS
3 - ZH, AM, ST, JW
2 - CA, BR
1 - FR

Chilly Afternoon

12 - FV, GV, MV
10 - CR
7 - SA
5 - MB, DD
4 - SE, AL
3 - ZH, HS, ST, JW
2 - CA, AM, BR
1 - FR

Another One Down

11 - FV, GV, MV
10 - CR
7 - SA
5 - MB
4 - DD, SE, AL
3 - ZH, HS, ST, JW
2 - CA, BR
1 - AM, FR

It was a cold morning, so we had some leftovers (Black Walnut & Banana Split Sundae):

(l to r) - Michael V*, Hannah S, Faith V, Aubry M, & Glory V

*a.k.a. "The Hypothermia Kid"

Odds-n-Ends

First, looking forward to seeing a large group of athletes tomorrow!

Take advantage of these holiday training opportunities...your opponents are!

Next, looking over the ARC guard training flyer, I think there is a typo on the March class dates (20th - 22nd).  Says those are weekend hours, but they're Tuesday - Thursday.

Might want to double check with Angela on that.  If she meant the prior Friday - Sunday (16th - 18th), that's the last weekend of spring break.  Might work out well for y'all!

If you're planning to coach the summer team, please borrow from me!  I get plenty of age group coaching materials throughout the year and much of it would help y'all out!

If you want to get it yourselves, there's a really good deal on American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) membership so you'd get the same things every month!  Let me know and I'll get you a copy of the form.

If I can remember, I'll ask if the swim team board would cover your membership for 2018.  Many club programs do this for their entire staff.

Bob Steele's book available for loan.  Steele coached the Southern Illinois University Salukis for many years (the guy's team called themselves "The Men of Steele").

Quote of the Week

Opportunity is missed by most people because

it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

via Menlo Park Museum

Thomas Alva Edison

So Far, So Good

Holiday training has gone well - no misses due to weather or pool issues.  Let's hope that continues!

Ice cream, cookies, pizza...good thing we're training hard and burning off those calories, right?

We accomplished plenty in just ten (10) practices:

• Three (3) solid dry-land sessions
• Ten swim/dive practices
• 50,000+ yards
• New dives

The improvement has been tremendous!  Kids are tired & sore, but they are now swimming/diving on another level.  We've been training with much greater volume & intensity* and they've responded very, very well.

We're off for the UIL-mandated five (5) days.  Any physical activity y'all can get in is a plus.  Dry-land & flexibility work, plus some water time if you can find some.

When we return to practice, here's next week's schedule:

Wednesday

Swim/Dive 8-10 a.m.
"A" Dry-land 4-4:30 p.m.
Swim/Dive 4:30-6 p.m.

Thursday

Swim/Dive 8-10 a.m.
Swim/Dive 4-6 p.m.

Friday

Swim/Dive 8-10 a.m.
"B" Dry-land 4-4:30 p.m.
Swim/Dive 4:30-6 p.m.

Saturday

Swim/Dive 8-10 a.m.



*Probably too much yesterday afternoon...my bad...