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HEAT UPDATE
Great job to
Ally Prosser, Lauren Sapochetti, and Paige Kelly
for representing HEAT at the Central Zones Championships in
Lincoln
Nebraska. For meet results
and info please use the website address
http://www.nscevents.com/centralzone.
ALLY broke the Girls 11-12 HEAT long course record in the
100 Breast (1:23.36)
PAIGE broke the Girls 13-14 HEAT long course records in the
200 Free (2:14.22), 400 Free (4:40.46), 800 Free (9:50.90),
1500 Free (18:52.37).
John Zucca
and
Jimmy Dagley
are both competing at the USA
Jr. National Championship in
Irvine
California. SwimNetwork is
streaming the meet live so if you would like to watch the
boys use this link to the website
http://www.swimnetwork.com/Events/Meets/2010/August/Jr-National-Championships.aspx.
Good Luck boys.
2010-2011 HEAT info
– Just a reminder the 2010-2011 HEAT info. is posted on the
website. Fees, practice schedules, and meet schedules
are all posted. We will be emailing and placing on the
web soon the group assignments for the swimmers for the
upcoming season. Just a reminder registrations for
returning HEAT swimmers are Mon Aug 30th or Tue
Aug 31st, please arrive at 7:30pm on either day
to register.
Fall Indy Travel meet info.
– Please visit the website for details on the fall Indy
travel meet or copy/paste the link
http://www.hudsonheat.com/2010%20TRAVEL%20MEET.htm in
your browser.
News For
SWIM PARENTS
Published by The American
Swimming Coaches Association
5101 NW 21 Ave., Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale
FL 33309
___________________________________________________________________
Speaking Up to Grow Up
By Coach Bryan Davis
Your swimmer has a multitude of things that they could
improve technically to get just a little faster. You know
it, your swimmer knows it and your child’s coach knows it.
The coach however knows which techniques are the priorities
at any given time. The swimmer should have a pretty good
understanding of what they are supposed to be working on.
Although, your swimmer will not know what the coach has
possibly not brought to the swimmers attention yet. The
coach may omit technical corrections if there is a technical
focus of high priority at the time. It may be that the
swimmer is struggling with another high priority focus, then
the coach may feel the need to not overload the swimmer with
too many technical corrections.
If there is something specific that your swimmer does not
understand, is struggling with or just curious about, you
should encourage your swimmer to ask the coach to explain it
better or for extra attention in that area. When a parent
brings the request straight to the coach outside of the
presence of the swimmer, it cuts the responsibility of the
swimmer out of the equation. The goal of the coach is to get
their swimmers to need the coach as little as possible. This
frees up more time for the coach to focus on the finer
details of your swimmer as an athlete. If you want to help
your swimmer become more self-sufficient, then encourage
your child to take the responsibility of approaching the
coach personally on all aspects of the sport. If you know
your swimmer is apprehensive about this type of interaction
with the coach. Please stand there with your swimmer and
support them as they speak with the coach. With this
approach the swimmer will be practicing the skill of
speaking up for oneself. The sooner your child takes the
wheel the better. Remember, youth sports are about personal
growth competitively but also for growing up in general, not
always just about getting a little faster.
HEAT UPDATE
Great job to
Ally Prosser, Lauren Sapochetti, and Paige Kelly
for representing HEAT at the Central Zones Championships in
Lincoln
Nebraska. For meet results
and info please use the website address
http://www.nscevents.com/centralzone.
ALLY broke the Girls 11-12 HEAT long course record in the
100 Breast (1:23.36)
PAIGE broke the Girls 13-14 HEAT long course records in the
200 Free (2:14.22), 400 Free (4:40.46), 800 Free (9:50.90),
1500 Free (18:52.37).
John Zucca
and
Jimmy Dagley
are both competing at the USA
Jr. National Championship in
Irvine
California. SwimNetwork is
streaming the meet live so if you would like to watch the
boys use this link to the website
http://www.swimnetwork.com/Events/Meets/2010/August/Jr-National-Championships.aspx.
Good Luck boys.
2010-2011 HEAT info
– Just a reminder the 2010-2011 HEAT info. is posted on the
website. Fees, practice schedules, and meet schedules
are all posted. We will be emailing and placing on the
web soon the group assignments for the swimmers for the
upcoming season. Just a reminder registrations for
returning HEAT swimmers are Mon Aug 30th or Tue
Aug 31st, please arrive at 7:30pm on either day
to register.
Fall Indy Travel meet info.
– Please visit the website for details on the fall Indy
travel meet or copy/paste the link
http://www.hudsonheat.com/2010%20TRAVEL%20MEET.htm in
your browser.
News For
SWIM PARENTS
Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association
5101 NW 21 Ave., Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale
FL 33309
___________________________________________________________________
Speaking Up to Grow Up
By Coach Bryan Davis
Your swimmer has a multitude of things that they could
improve technically to get just a little faster. You know
it, your swimmer knows it and your child’s coach knows it.
The coach however knows which techniques are the priorities
at any given time. The swimmer should have a pretty good
understanding of what they are supposed to be working on.
Although, your swimmer will not know what the coach has
possibly not brought to the swimmers attention yet. The
coach may omit technical corrections if there is a technical
focus of high priority at the time. It may be that the
swimmer is struggling with another high priority focus, then
the coach may feel the need to not overload the swimmer with
too many technical corrections.
If there is something specific that your swimmer does not
understand, is struggling with or just curious about, you
should encourage your swimmer to ask the coach to explain it
better or for extra attention in that area. When a parent
brings the request straight to the coach outside of the
presence of the swimmer, it cuts the responsibility of the
swimmer out of the equation. The goal of the coach is to get
their swimmers to need the coach as little as possible. This
frees up more time for the coach to focus on the finer
details of your swimmer as an athlete. If you want to help
your swimmer become more self-sufficient, then encourage
your child to take the responsibility of approaching the
coach personally on all aspects of the sport. If you know
your swimmer is apprehensive about this type of interaction
with the coach. Please stand there with your swimmer and
support them as they speak with the coach. With this
approach the swimmer will be practicing the skill of
speaking up for oneself. The sooner your child takes the
wheel the better. Remember, youth sports are about personal
growth competitively but also for growing up in general, not
always just about getting a little faster.
Matt Davis
Director of Community Aquatics -
Hudson
City School
District
Head Swim Coach - Hudson HS / Hudson Explorers Aquatic Team
(330) 653-1264 -
DavisM@Hudson.edu
"Knowledge alone is not enough to get desired results.
You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to
motivate. This defines a leader; if you can teach and
you can motivate, you can lead."
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