Back In Season

Well, 2008 has officially begun. I say that beacause I dont really consider us back in season until we swim at least one meet. You can always train, but you will never know what really needs work until you evaluate the first meet after a long break.

Unfortunatly becasue of the "cold weather" we have lost a few regular swimmers. We only took a small group to a meet in Tamiami this past weekend. The kids that have been coming regularly to workout are back to form. This means that the training plan is working, and that these swimmers are still fresh after a long break. We had several best times, several top 8 finishers, and more JO cuts! I cant wait until the weather gets warmer, and things with our team start really heating up. My hope for this team is that JO cuts are a given...and Zones, or Junior Nationals is the focus. Not only would I like to be taking a bigger team to these smaller meets, but I also want to bring a big team to a big meet. With our success so far I feel that it will happen as long as we keep moving forward. 2008 will be a busy year, no time to settle just yet!

As for now we are entering the second part of our training for most of the swimmers. We will be doing a lot more racing in workout. Less yardage but more explosiveness. I mean, if your going to swim you mind as well swim fast!

Keep checking for updates...I will soon be posting March meets.

The Cat Mentality

A great Mike Bottom interview. It sums up many of my own beliefs on the sport of swimming, and it is proof that there is not only one training method to make someone fast!

http://www.flocasts.org/floswimming/speakers.php?sid=713

New Year

So, it's a New Year which means that we are back to training hard. OUr main focus for these next few weeks will be DII's, and then J.O's. For the first couple of weeks we will be primarily doing aerobic work, kicking, and drills. As the kids get beck into shape we will start to add some speed sets. After that we we have some short rest before DII's, and the plan is to rock that meet out!

Also, in this New Year we have already had a swim meet. It was the Orange Bowl Classic put on by the Jacobs Aquatics Center. All of the college teams that aredown here training competed against each other in a sprint style competition of 50's and 100's only. Now, FKSC did not compete, but there we many Race Club swimmers who did exibition and watching them race is always a treat.

So, for me it is back to work so we can get ready for J.O.'s, while Mike and the World Team are back to work so they can get ready for the Olympic Games in Bejing!

Here is a video clip of the Orange Bowl... http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_